Spectroscopic properties of rare earths in optical materials

Electronic Energy Level Structure.- Transition Intensities.- Ion-phonon Interactions.- Line Broadening Mechanisms and Their Measurement.- Up-conversions in RE-doped Solids.- Current Topics in Rare-earth Lasers.- Rare Earth Materiais in Optical Storage and Data Processing Applications.- Rare Earth Doped Confined Structures for Lasers and Amplifiers.- Rare Earth Luminescent Centers in Organic and Biochemical Compounds.- Rare Earth Ions in Advanced X-ray Imaging Materials.