An Introduction to Laser Spectroscopy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Sources for Laser Spectroscopy

   • Martin R. S. McCoustra

   Pages 1-17

3. Methods, Diagnostics and Instrumentation

   • Martin R. S. McCoustra

   Pages 19-33

4. Absorption and Fluorescence

   • Michael N. R. Ashfold

   Pages 35-62

5. Infrared Laser Spectroscopy of Short-Lived Atoms and Molecules

   • Paul B. Davies

   Pages 63-74

6. High Sensitivity Picosecond Laser Spectroscopy

   • W. Jeremy Jones

   Pages 75-89

7. Raman Spectroscopy

   • Daniel Wolverson

   Pages 91-114

8. Industrial Applications of Raman Spectroscopy

   • Neil J. Everall

   Pages 115-131

9. Laser Remote Sensing

   • Andrey A. Demidov

   Pages 133-147

10. Nonlinear Optics

    • Ravi Singhal

    Pages 149-169

11. Applications of Surface Second Order Nonlinear Optical Signals

    • Michael J. E. Morgenthaler, Stephen R. Meech

    Pages 171-185

12. Laser Desorption

    • Anita C. Jones

    Pages 187-198

13. Multiphoton Ionization and Laser Mass Spectrometry

    • Kenneth W. D. Ledingham

    Pages 199-227

14. Back Matter

    Pages 229-231

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Here is the first graduate-level textbook to offer an introduction to the field of laser spectroscopy. Chapters cover a broad range of topics in detail, emphasizing the theoretical and experimental aspects of the field. This much-needed text will allow students to explore current research and gain an understanding of the analytical and industrial applications of laser spectroscopy.

• Absorption
• Raman spectroscopy
• Signal
• laser
• laser spectroscopy
• molecule
• nonlinear optics
• optics
• spectroscopy

• University of East Anglia, Norwich, England

  David L. Andrews, Andrey A. Demidov

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