This book is the fifth in a series devoted to the theory and practice of inelastic light scattering (Raman and Brillouin) as applied to amorphous and crystalline solids. This volume is concerned with the investigation by these techniques of artificial periodic structures prepared by such gas-phase deposition techniques as Molecular Beam Epitaxy. The phenomena treated involve phonons, magnons, plasmons, and other electronic excitations. The book supplies theoretical background, information on modern experimental techniques such as multichannel detectors, and a number of experimental results.

Collective excitations in superlattice structures.- Raman spectroscopy of vibrations in superlattices.- Spectroscopy of Free Carrier Excitations in Semiconductor Quantum Wells.- Raman studies of Fibonacci, Thue-Morse, and random superlattices.- Multichannel detection and Raman spectroscopy of surface layers and interfaces.- Brillouin scattering from metallic superlattices.- Light scattering from spin waves in thin films and layered magnetic structures.