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The role of breathers in the anomalous decay of luminescence

Lawrence S. Schulman
Abstract: 

Luminescence in certain doped alkali halide crystals does not decay exponentially. The explanation (for the examples we study) lies in the formation of non-linear excitations called breathers which appear to live on two-dimensional KAM tori. Quantization of the breathers is accomplished using a stroboscopic method.

Date: 
Friday, 28 January, 2005 - 15:00
Seminar Location: 
Pavillon Z, Z-215

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