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INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
Director: Prof. Baldassare Di Bartolo
 The purpose of the International School of Atomic and Molecular
Spectroscopy is two-fold:
- To bring the workers in spectroscopy and related disciplines up
to date on the new experimental and theoretical developments in this
field of research, and
- To create an opportunity for the researchers in the various
subfields of spectroscopy to discuss their problems in an
interdisciplinary framework.
Spectroscopic investigations are concerned with phenomena observed
when the radiation from a source, separated into its various
wavelengths, is made to interact with the constituents of a physical
system. Through the examination of particular spectra, the
identification of known molecular species can be carried out; by means
of spectroscopy it has been possible, for example, to identify the
presence of chemical elements in distant stars.
More basic applications of the science of spectroscopy have produced
a better understanding of atomic and molecular structures and of such
phenomena as luminescence. Rotational, vibrational and electronic states
of molecules continue to be subjects of investigation; also the
important field of energy transfer between the different degrees of
freedom in molecules is an object of study.
In solids, spectroscopic investigations are directed to uncover the
interrelation of absorption and emission properties with the location of
the constituents and the crystalline symmetry. Studies of impurity
spectra have shown the usefulness of spectral data in providing
information about the spectra of such collective excitations of solids
as phonons and magnons. Also, on the basis of purely spectroscopic data
it is possible to predict the feasibility and efficiency of solid state
systems as possible laser materials.
The technique of flash photolysis has extended the usage of
spectroscopy to the excited states of gases, liquids and solids with the
measurement of transitions not allowed from the ground state. When used
to check the evolution of a reaction, this technique has uncovered the
presence of transient species, often not seen before, and existing only
under particular experimental conditions.
The next Erice School is as follows:
ADVANCED
STUDY INSTITUTE
FRONTIER
DEVELOPMENTS
IN OPTICS AND SPECTROSCOPY
Erice, Italy; June 17-July 2,
2007
The purpose of this Institute will be to present the new
developments in the field of spectroscopy
including the realm of new phenomena and the new
techniques that allow their exploration.
New techniques
open the possibility of probing into new and unexplored areas. The
discovery of
new effects
spurs the growth of new and more refined techniques which may in
turn
be used to
discover new phenomena, and so on, in a sort of inexorable and never
ending spiral
“technique-phenomenon-new technique-new phenomenon-new technique,
etc.
” This process
has accelerated in recent times, leaving people entering the field
of
spectroscopy -
as well as people in the field - with a serious difficulty in
grasping the
magnitude and the variety of the new developments.
The
Institute will consider
seriously
this problem and will present in a pedagogical fashion the
new aspects,
both theoretical and experimental, of the spectroscopic optical
research.
CALL FOR PAPERS
The participants
are strongly encouraged to contribute to the meetings with
presentations of
their research work in the form of seminars or
posters. Abstracts of possible contributions
can be sent with the
application material.
For details of the complete program, with
lecturers and attendance requirements
click here[Announcement:
96 KB PDF]
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The International School of Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy
organized past advanced study institutes and workshops on the following
subjects:
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2006- Workshop on Advances in the Study of
Luminescence Materials [Final
Report: 2.4 MB PDF]
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2005 - New Developments in Optics and Related Fields:
Modern Techniques, Materials and Applications
[Final
Report: 4.9 MB PDF]
- 2004 - Advances in Luminescence Research
[Final
Report: 1.4 MB PDF]
- 2003 - Frontiers of Optical Spectroscopy [Group
Photo] [Final
Report: 5.2 MB PDF]
- The book, sponsored by NATO, has been published by
Kluwer Academic Publishers
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- 2002 - Workshop on the Status and Prospects of Luminescence
Research
- 2001- Spectroscopy of Systems with Spatially Confined Structures
- 2000 - Workshop on Advanced Topics in Luminescence Spectroscopy
- 1999 - Advances in Energy Transfer Processes
- 1998 - Workshop on Advances in Solid State Luminescence
Spectroscopy
- 1997 - Ultrafast Dynamics of Quantum Systems: Physical Processes
and Spectroscopic Techniques
- 1996 - Workshop on Luminescence Spectroscopy
- 1995 - Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Collective Excitations in
Solids
- 1993 - Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Solids: Advances and
Applications
- 1991 - Optical Properties of Excited States in Solids
- 1989 - Advances in Nonradiative Processes
- 1987 - Disordered Solids: Structures and Processes
- 1985 - Spectroscopy of Solid-State Laser-Type Materials
- 1983 - Energy Transfer Processes in Condensed Matter
- 1981 - Collective Excitations in Solids
- 1979 - Radiationless Processes
- 1977 - Luminescence of Inorganic Solids
- 1975 - The Spectroscopy of the Excited State
- 1974 - Optical Properties of Ions in Solids
These events have taken place in Erice, Italy at the "Centro di
Cultura Scientifica Ettore Majorana." (CCSEM). For a list of other
Institutes offered by the CCSEM see:
http://www.ccsem.infn.it.
Court yard of San Rocco Hall, by the Dining Hall and the
Computer Room
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