General Considerations of luminescence, Luminescence Mechanisms, Center Luminescence, Charge Transfer Luminescence, Charge Transfer Luminescence, Excitation Mechanisms, Optical Excitation of Luminescence and Energy Transfer , Energy Transfer Mechanisms between Optical Centers , Mechanisms Underlying Energy Transfer Energy Transfer Governed by Electrostatic Interaction, Energy Transfer by Higher-order Coulomb Interaction, Energy Transfer Governed by Exchange Interactions, Cross-relaxation and Energy Transfer,Energy Efficiency Considerations of Important Luminescent, Luminescence Quantum Yield and Quenching Processes, The Energy does not Reach the Luminescent Ion, The Absorbed Energy Reaches the Luminescent Ion but there are Nonradiative Channels to the Ground State, The Luminescence Generated is Absorbed by the Luminescent Material, Thermoluminescence, Thermoluminescence model, Thermoluminescence mechanism, Methods of analysis, Applications.
Recommended Books:
1. Luminescence Materials, G. Blasse, B. C. Grabmaier, Springer-Verlag, 1994.
2. Luminescence of Solids, D. R. Vij, Plenum Press New York, 1998.
3. Luminescence, From Theory to Applications, R. Ronda (WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, Germany, 2008.
Fundamentals of luminescence, Characteristics of Luminescence, Theoretical model and mechanism of luminescence, Experimental techniques of luminescence measurements , Absorption and luminescence spectroscopy, Spectroscopic components, radiative and nonradiative processes, New developments, Photoluminescence, Classification of photoluminescence in solids, Band to band luminescence, Wannierexciton luminescence, Characteristics of localized center luminescence, Extrinsic luminescence of unlocalized type, Extrinsic luminescence of localized type, luminescence of rare earth/lanthanides(RE/Ln3+) doped materials, luminescence of nanoparticles (NPs) doped materials, Thermoluminescence, Thermoluminescence model, Thermoluminescence mechanism, Methods of analysis, Applications.
Recommended Books:
1. Luminescence Materials, G. Blasse, B. C. Grabmaier, Springer-Verlag, 1994.
2. Luminescence of Solids, D. R. Vij, Plenum Press New York, 1998.
3. Luminescence, From Theory to Applications, R. Ronda (WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, Germany, 2008.