Synopses & Reviews
Comprehensive theoretical and experimental account of Bose-Einstein condensation in excitons, emphasizing nonlinear optical effects.
Synopsis
The first book to provide a comprehensive survey, covering theoretical aspects as well as recent experimental work.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction; 2. Basic theory; 3. Interaction with phonons; 4. Biexcitons; 5. Phase transitions of excitons; 6. The optical Stark effect; 7. Mixed states of excitons and photons; 8. Nonequilibrium kinetics; 9. Coherent nonlinear optics; 10. New directions; Appendix.