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Overview
In the new edition the editors have preserved the basic concept and structure, with the involvement of some new authors - all recognized experts in laser spectroscopy. Each chapter addresses a different technique, providing a review and analysis of the current status, and reporting some of the latest achievements. With the key formulas and methods detailed in many sections, this text represents a practicable handbook of its subject. It will be a valuable tool both for specialists to keep abreast of developments and for newcomers to the field needing an accessible introduction to specific methods of laser spectroscopy - and also as a resource for primary references.
Absorption & fluorescence/raman spectroscopy/nonlinear optics/laser desorption/etc.
Synopsis
This work lays out the technical details of the main laser systems employed for laser spectroscopy, then explains principles of absorption and fluorescence measurements, describes Raman scattering, and traces the development of pump-probe techniques. The use of tunable infrared lasers for the spectroscopy of transient species is covered, surface applications of optical nonlinearity are described, and a femtosecond laser ionization is applied to mass spectrometry. Andrews teaches in the School of Chemical Sciences at the University of East Anglia, UK. Demidov works in the private sector. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Booknews
The September 1994 course was designed to be cross-disciplinary, affording both breadth and depth for newcomers. Among the topics addressed in 12 contributions based on presentations at the school but rewritten for this graduate-level text: sources for laser spectroscopy; methods, diagnostics, and instrumentation; absorption and fluorescence; infrared laser spectroscopy of short-lived atoms and molecules; industrial applications of Raman spectroscopy; nonlinear optics; laser desorption; applications of surface second order nonlinear optical signals; and multiphoton ionization and laser mass spectrometry. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)