Light Scattering in Semiconductor Structures and Superlattices - NATO Science Series B New edition

Marc Notes: Held within the program of activities of the NATO Special Program on Condensed Systems of Low Dimensionality, running from 1985 to 1990 as part of the activities of the NATO Science Committee--P. [v].; Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Light Scattering in Semiconductor Structures and Superlattices, held March 5-9, 1990, in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada--T.p. verso. Table of Contents: Inelastic Light Scattering from Semiconductors; E. Burstein, et al. Optic Phonons: Acoustic, Optic and Interface Phonons: Low Symmetry Superlattices; M. Cardona. Raman Scattering in alpha-Sn1-xGex Alloys; J. Menendez, et al. Acoustic Phonons: Interaction of Light with Acoustic Waves in Superlattices and Related Devices; J. Sapriel, et al. Localized and Extended Acoustic Waves in Superlattices: Light Scattering by Longitudinal Phonons; B. Djafari Rouhani, et al. Strain Related Effects: Optical Phonon Raman Scattering as a Local Probe of SiGe Strained Layers; J. C. Tsang, et al. Strain Characterization of Semiconductor Structures and Superlattices; E. Anastassakis. Micro Raman/Small Structures/Impurities: The Raman Line Shape of Semiconductor Nanocrystals; P. M. Fauchet. Raman Scattering of IIIV and IIVI Semiconductor Microstructures; M. Watt, et al. Magnetic Superlattices and IIVI Materials: Surface Modes in Magnetic Semiconductor Films and Multilayers; M. G. Cottam, et al. Vibrational, Electronic, and Magnetic Excitations in IIVI Quantum Well Structures; A. K. Ramdas, et al. Time Resolved Studies: Nonequilibrium Electrons and Phonons in GaAs and Related Materials; J. A. Kash. 30 additional articles. Index."Publisher Marketing: The proceedings of the March 1909 workshop comprise papers organized within sessions on optic phonons, acoustic phonons, strain related effects, micro-Raman/small structures/impurities, magnetic superlattices and II-VI materials, time resolved studies, related phenomena, and electronic excitations."

Contributor Bio:  North Atlantic Treaty Organization Dedication. Preface. Acknowledgments. Clifford Geometric Algebras in Multilinear Algebra and Non-Euclidean Geometries.- Geometric algebra Projective Geometries; Affine and other geometries; Affine Geometry of pseudo-euclidean space; Conformal Geometry and the Horosphere; References. Content-Based Information Retrieval by Group Theoretical Methods.- Introduction; Motivating Examples; General Concept; Fault Tolerance.- Applications, Prototypes, and Test Results; Related Work and Future Research; References.- Four Problems in Radar.-Introduction; Radar Fundamentals; Radar Waveforms; Signal Processing; Space-Time Adaptive Processing; Four Problems in Radar; Conclusions. Introduction to Generalized Classical and Quantum Signal and System Theories on Groups and Hypergroups.-Generalized classical signal/system theory on hypergroups; Generalized quantum signal/system theory on hypergroups; Conclusion; References. Lie Groups and Lie Algebras in Robotics.- Introduction -- Rigid Body Motions; Lie Groups; Finite Screw Motions; Mechanical Joints; Invisible Motion and Gripping; Forward Kinematics; Lie Algebra; The Adjoint Representation; The Exponential Map Derivatives of Exponentials; Jacobians; Concluding Remarks; References. Quantum/Classical Interface: a Geometric Approach from the Classical Side.- Introduction Paravector Space as Spacetime; Eigenspinors; Spin; Dirac Equation; Bell's Theorem; Qubits and Entanglement; Conclusions; References. PONS, Reed-Muller Codes, and Group Algebras.- Introduction; Analytic Theory of One-Dimensional PONS (Welti); Shapiro Sequences, Reed-Muller Codes, and Functional Equations; Group Algebras; Reformulation of Classical PONS; Group Algebra of Classical PONS; GroupAlgebra Convolution; Splitting Sequences; Historical Appendix on PONS; References. Clifford Algebras as a Unified Language.- Introduction; Clifford algebras as models of physical spaces; Clifford Algebras as Models of Perceptual Multicolor Spaces; Hypercomplex-Valued invariants of nD multicolor images; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References. Recent Progress and Applications in Group FFTs.-Introduction; Finite group FFTs; FFTs for compact groups; Noncompact groups; References. Group Filters and Image Processing.- Introduction: Classical Digital Signal Processing; Abelian Group DSP; Nonabelian Groups; Examples; Group Transforms; Group Filters; Line-like Images; Acknowledgments; References. A Geometric Algebra Approach to Some Problems of Robot Vision.- Introduction; Local Analysis of Multi-dimensional Signals; Knowledge Based Neural Computing; Acknowledgments; References. Group Theory in Radar and Signal Processing.- Introduction; How a Radar Works; Representations; Representations and Radar; Ambiguity Functions; The Wide Band Case; References. Geometry of Paravector Space with Applications to Relativistic Physics.- Clifford Algebras in Physics; Paravector Space as Spacetime; Interpretation; Eigenspinors; Maxwell's Equation; Conclusions; References. A Unified Approach to Fourier-Clifford-Prometheus Transforms- Introduction; New construction of classical and multiparametric Prometheus transforms; PONS associated with Abelian groups; Fast Fourier-Prometheus Transforms; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References. Fast Color Wavelet Transforms.- Introduction; Color images; Color Wavelet-Haar-Prometheus transforms; Edge detection and compression of color images; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References. Selected Problems; Various Authors.- Transformations of Euclidean Space and Clifford Geometric; Algebra; References; On the Distribution of Kloosterman Sums on Polynomials over Quaternions; References; Harmonic Sliding Analysis Problems; References; Spectral Analysis under Conditions of Uncertainty; A Canonical Basis for Maximal Tori of the Reductive Centrizer of a Nilpotent Element; References; 6 The Quantum Chaos Conjecture References; Four Problems in Radar; Topic Index; Author IndexContributor Bio:  Lockwood, David J fm.author_biographical_note2