Dye Lasers: 25 Years

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XVI

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2. Femtosecond broadband absorption spectroscopy of photodissociating molecules

   • J. Glownia, J. Misewich, R. Walkup, M. Kaschke, P. Sorokin, F. P. Schäfer et al.

   Pages 1-18

3. Dye lasers and laser dyes in physical chemistry

   • F. P. Schäfer

   Pages 19-36

4. Single-atom experiments and the test of fundamental quantum physics

   • H. Walther

   Pages 37-56

5. Regioselective photochemistry in weakly bonded complexes

   • S. K. Shin, Y. Chen, E. Böhmer, C. Wittig

   Pages 57-76

6. Novel resonator design for femtosecond lasers

   • V. Magni, S. De Silvestri, A. Cybo-Ottone, M. Nisoli, O. Svelto

   Pages 77-86

7. Distortion of femtosecond pulse fronts in lenses

   • Z. Bor, Z. L. Horváth

   Pages 87-94

8. Infrared dye lasers for the wavelength range 1–2 μm

   • T. Elsaesser, W. Kaiser

   Pages 95-109

9. Propagation of femtosecond light pulses through dye amplifiers

   • B. Wilhelmi

   Pages 111-127

10. Terawatt-class hybrid dye/excimer lasers

    • S. Szatmári

    Pages 129-140

11. Blue-Green dye laser seeded operation of a terawatt excimer amplifier

    • F. K. Tittel, T. Hofmann, T. E. Sharp, P. J. Wisoff, W. L. Wilson, G. Szabó

    Pages 141-152

12. Atomic optics with tunable dye lasers

    • V. S. Letokhov

    Pages 153-168

13. Laser spectroscopy of small molecules

    • V. Beutel, G. Bhale, W. Demtröder, H. -A. Eckel, J. Gress, M. Kuhn

    Pages 169-181

14. In Situ gas-phase diagnostics by coherent anti-stokes raman scattering

    • W. Richter

    Pages 183-194

15. High-resolution spectroscopy at short wavelengths using pulsed dye lasers

    • S. Svanberg

    Pages 195-203

16. Doppler-free spectroscopy of large polyatomic molecules and van der waals complexes

    • H. J. Neusser, E. Riedle, T. Weber, E. W. Schlag

    Pages 205-212

17. Electro-optic and photoconductive sampling of ultrafast photodiodes with femtosecond laser pulses

    • J. Kuhl, M. Klingenstein, M. Lambsdorff, J. Rosenzweig, C. Moglestue, A. Axmann

    Pages 213-224

18. Ultrafast spectroscopy of plasmas generated by very intense Femtosecond dye laser pulses

    • D. von der Linde

    Pages 225-235

19. Dye laser spectroscopy of isolated atoms and ions in liquid helium

    • G. zu Putlitz, M. R. Beau

    Pages 237-247

In Dye Lasers: 25 years, the pioneers and leading experts in the field of dye lasers present the current status and bright future perspectives of dye lasers and their applications in physics and chemistry. Particular topics covered include: new sources of ultrashort pulses, novel aspects of resonator design and imaging for femtosecond lasers, amplification schemes to terawatt intensity regimes, optics and high-resolution spectroscopy of atoms and molecules, and electro-optic and plasma physics applications of ultrashort and ultra-intense laser pulses. Since its invention in 1966, the dye laser has revolutionized many fields of science and technology. Questions of fundamental interest in physics and chemistry can now be answered: it is possible to test fundamental quantum physics in single-atom experiments and regioselective photochemistry in complexes can be monitored directlyusing dye-laser diagnostic methods. In this book the latest results (and most recent references) are presented for new sources of ultrashort pulses from the visible to the VUV, together with experimental details of ultrahigh-resolution spectroscopy of atoms and molecules, laser diagnostics of the dynamics of elementary chemical reactions, and ultrahigh intensity sources for laser target interaction.

• dye lasers
• laser diagnostics
• optics
• spectroscopy
• ultrashort pulses
• Absorption
• atom
• chemistry
• design
• femtosecond laser
• laser
• laser spectroscopy
• photochemistry
• photodiode
• physics
• quantum physics
• scattering
• technology

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