Keeping abreast of the latest techniques and applications, this new edition of the standard reference and graduate text on laser spectroscopy has been completely revised and expanded. While the general concept is unchanged, the new edition features a broad array of new material, e.g., frequency doubling in external cavities, reliable cw-parametric oscillators, tunable narrow-band UV sources, more sensitive detection techniques, tunable femtosecond and sub-femtosecond lasers (X-ray region and the attosecond range), control of atomic and molecular excitations, frequency combs able to synchronize independent femtosecond lasers, coherent matter waves, and still more applications in chemical analysis, medical diagnostics, and engineering. Keeping Abreast Of The Latest Techniques And Applications, This New Edition Of The Standard Reference And Graduate Text On Laser Spectroscopy Has Been Completely Revised And Expanded. While The General Concept Is Unchanged, The New Edition Features A Broad Array Of New Material, E.g., Frequency Doubling In External Cavities, Reliable Cw-parametric Oscillators, Tunable Narrow-band Uv Sources, More Sensitive Detection Techniques, Tunable Femtosecond Lasers And Pulse Shaping Techniques For Realizing Coherent Control Of Molecular Excitations, Frequency Combs Able To Synchronize Independent Femtosecond Lasers, Coherent Matter Waves, And Still More Applications In Chemical Analysis, Medical Diagnostics, And Engineering. From Reviews Of The Second Edition (1996):a Detailed Survey Of The Essential Ideas And Facts, Which, Because Of Its Clarity And Utility, Is Already A Classic... It Would Be Hard To Imagine A Better Book At This Level Addressed To A Wide Audience. Applied Optics Introduction -- Absorption And Emission Of Light -- Widths And Profiles Of Spectral Lines -- Spectroscopic Instrumentation -- Lasers As Spectroscopic Light Sources -- Doppler-limited Absorption And Fluorescence Spectroscopy With Lasers -- Nonlinear Spectroscopy -- Laser Raman Spectroscopy -- Laser Spectroscopy In Molecular Beams -- Optical Pumping And Double-resonance Techniques -- Time-resolved Laser Spectroscopy -- Coherent Spectroscopy -- Laser Spectroscopy Of Collision Processes -- New Developments In Laser Spectroscopy -- Applications Of Laser Spectroscopy -- References -- Index. By Wolfgang Demtröder. Front Matter....Pages I-XX Introduction....Pages 1-5 Absorption and Emission of Light....Pages 7-58 Widths and Profiles of Spectral Lines....Pages 59-95 Spectroscopic Instrumentation....Pages 97-219 Lasers as Spectroscopic Light Sources....Pages 221-367 Doppler-Limited Absorption and Fluorescence Spectroscopy with Lasers....Pages 369-437 Nonlinear Spectroscopy....Pages 439-498 Laser Raman Spectroscopy....Pages 499-530 Laser Spectroscopy in Molecular Beams....Pages 531-565 Optical Pumping and Double-Resonance Techniques....Pages 567-607 Time-Resolved Laser Spectroscopy....Pages 609-677 Coherent Spectroscopy....Pages 679-724 Laser Spectroscopy of Collision Processes....Pages 725-766 New Developments in Laser Spectroscopy....Pages 767-849 Applications of Laser Spectroscopy....Pages 851-892 Back Matter....Pages 893-988
