Interest in the multiple facets of optical vortices has flourished in the last three decades. This
review examines the basic research and applications of the interplay between optical …

Theories and experiments related to the localization of Amide-I (or CO stretching) vibrational
energy in protein are surveyed. Such localization arises through interaction of the Amide-I …

Excitons are considered as the basic concept used by describing the spectral properties of
photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes and excitation dynamics in photosynthetic light …

The electronic structure of spherical PbS and PbSe quantum dots is calculated with a four-
band envelope-function formalism. This calculation accounts for both exciton energies and …

Introduction to Solid-State Theory is a textbook for graduate students of physics and
materials science. It also provides the theoretical background needed by physicists doing …

In 438 alphabetically-arranged essays, this work provides a useful overview of the core
mathematical background for nonlinear science, as well as its applications to key problems …

I? rst heard of k· p in a course on semiconductor physics taught by my thesis adviser William
Paul at Harvard in the fall of 1956. He presented the k· p Hamiltonian as a semiempirical …

Cs3Cu2I5 and CsCu2I3 have been demonstrated to emit broad spectrum light with high
photoluminescence quantum efficiency (PLQY) due to their low-dimensional electronic …

The role of quantum confinement (QC) in Si and Ge nanostructures (NSs) including quantum
dots, quantum wires, and quantum wells is assessed under a wide variety of fabrication …

Excitonic mechanisms of defect formation and of sputtering from surfaces, induced as a
consequence of exciton relaxation, are effective in a limited class of wide-gap materials …