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Le Journal de Physique Colloques

SPECTRAL ENERGY TRANSFER IN RUBY

Aya Attar, Eugène Duval, M. Montagna, André Monteil, G. Viliani

Published Oct 1, 1985• 0 citations
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Abstract

The 1-phonon assisted non-radiative transfer in ruby is re-examined in the light of recent experimental results. It is shown that constructive (instead of destructive) interference among 1-phonon processes may occur.
DOI
10.1051/jphyscol:1985719

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