An Introduction to Laser Spectroscopy: Second Edition

ISBN-13: 9780306472985 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 375 str.

David L. Andrews; David L. Andrews; Andrey A. Demidov

Opis

Remarkably sustained advances in the development of new lasers and their applications in spectroscopy have prompted this revised and expanded edition of the highly successful Introduction to Laser Spectroscopy, first published in 1995. 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.
The first two chapters lay out the technical details of the main laser systems now employed for spectroscopy, and then the principles and applications of absorption and fluorescence measurements. Following a description of Raman scattering, the development of pump-probe techniques is then traced. The next chapters deal more specifically with applications of laser-induced fluorescence, first addressing diagnostics for biochemical systems, and then applications to ordered systems. The use of tunable infrared lasers for the spectroscopy of transient species is discussed in the next chapter, followed by an introduction to optical nonlinearity focusing on its surface applications. The utilisation of nonlinear optics for tunable ultraviolet generation is then described and the penultimate chapter gives a description of femtosecond laser ionisation applied in mass spectrometry. The book concludes with a survey of the environmental applications of laser remote sensing.

Recenzje

"The editors should...be commended for having brought together many authoritative presentations of a number of relevant topicsThe book reads wella handy reference to all those involved in the use of lasers in spectroscopy and chemical analysis."
(Nicolò Omenetto, University of Florida in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 125:5 (2003)

Spis treści

1. Sources and Instrumentation for Laser Spectroscopy; M.R.S. McCoustra. 2. Principles of Absorption and Fluorescence; S.H. Ashworth. 3. Introduction to Raman Spectroscopy; U.A. Jayasooriya, Robert D. Jenkins. 4. Pump-Probe Laser Spectroscopy; A. Beeby. 5. Fluorescence for Biochemical Systems; L. Tolosa, K. Nowaczyk, Joseph Lakowicz. 6. Time-Resolved Polarised Fluorescence Studies of Ordered Molecular Systems; A.J. Bain. 7. Infrared Laser Spectroscopy of Transient Species; P.F. Bernath. 8. Nonlinear Optics and Surface Applications; D.L. Andrews, S.R. Meech. 9. Tunable Short Wavelength Generation and Applications; R.H. Lipson, Yujun J. Shi, D. Lacey. 10. Femtosecond Laser Ionisation Mass Spectrometry; R.P. Singhal. 11.Laser Remote Sensing; A.A. Demidov. Index.

O autorze

Prof. Dr. David L. Andrews, School of Chemical Sciences, University of East Anglia, GB.
Highly respected and has made major interesting contributions in the field. His works are very deep and illuminating. The autor has also published in condensed matter QED, though not to the same extent.