Chapter 1 Quantum Confinement in Semiconductor Nanocrystals

M.I. Freehoff

A.P. Marchetti

Chapter 2 Spectroscopy of confined Indirect Excitons in AgBr Quantum Crystallites

H. Stolz

H. Vogelsang

W. von der Osten

Chapter 3 Photoluminescence Studies on GalnAs/InP Quantum Wells

F. Scholz

G. Frankowsky

A. Hangleiter

V. Harle

P. Michler

D. Ottenwalder

K. Streubel

C.Y. Tsai

Chapter 4 Light-Emitting Properties of Porous Silicon Si+_Implanted SiO2 and Si Colloids

V. Petrova-Koch

T. Muschik

T. Fischer

A. Fojtik

Chapter 5 Luminescence of Nanocrystalline Spark-Processed Silicon

M.H. Ludwig

Chapter 6 Photoluminescence from Nanocrystalline-Si/Amorphous-SiO2 Composite Thin Films Prepared by Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition

S. Veprek

T. Wirschem

Chapter 7 Optics of Nanosized Metals

U. Kreibig

Chapter 8 Quantum-Dot Composites for Nonlinear Optical Applications

R.F. Haglund, Jr.

Chapter 9 Nonlinear Optics of Microdroplets Illuminated by Picosecond Laser Pulses

J.L. Cheung

J.M. Hartings

R.K. Chang

Chapter 10 Optical Properties of n-i-p-i and Hetero-n-i-p-i Doping Superlattices

P. Kiesel

G.H. Dohler

Chapter 11 Stimulated Emission from Amplifying Random Media

M. Kempe

G.A. Berger

A.Z. Genack

Chapter 12 Optical Properties of Diamond Films and Particles

I. Bergman

R.J. Nemanich

Chapter 13 Guided Wave Optics for the Characterization of Polymeric Thin Films and Interfaces

W. Knoll

Chapter 14 Optical Properties of Thin Metal Films Interacting with Gases

P. WiBmann

Chapter 15 Optical Properties of High-T Superconducting Surfaces

R.K. Singh

Index