This collection of reviews by leading Japanese researchers covers topics like ultrafast optical responses, terahertz and phonon studies, super-sensitive surface and high-pressure spectroscopy, combination of visible and x-ray photonics. Several related areas at the cutting edge of measurement technology and materials science are included. This book is partly based on well-cited review articles in the Japanese language in special volumes of the Journal of the Vacuum Society of Japan.

This collection of reviews by leading Japanese researchers covers such topics as ultrafast optical responses, terahertz and phonon studies, super-sensitive surface and high-pressure spectroscopy, and combination of visible and x-ray photonics.