Applied Laser Spectroscopy, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990 NATO Science Series B: Series, Vol. 241

This volume contains the lectures and seminars presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute on "Applied Laser Spectroscopy" the fourteenth course of the Europhysics School of Quantum Electronics, held under the supervision of the Quantum Electronics Division of the European Physical Society. The Institute was held at Centro "I Cappuccini", San Miniato, Tuscany, Italy, September 3-15,1989. The Europhysics School of Quantum Electronics was started in 1970 with the aim of providing instruction for young researchers and advanced students already engaged in the area of quantum electronics or wishing to switch to this area from a different background. Presently the school is under the direction of Professors F.T. Arecchi and M Inguscio, University of Florence and Prof. H. Walther University of Munich and has the headquarters at the National Institute of Optics (INO), Firenze, Italy. Each time the directors choose a subject of particular interest, alternating fundamental topics with technological ones, and ask colleagues specifically competent in a given area to take the scientific responsibility for that course.

Fundamentals of Laser Spectroscopy and Quantum Optics.- Techniques of Laser Spectroscopy; their Advantages and Limitations.- Quantum Effects in Single—Atom and Single Photon Experiments.- Chaos and Complexity in Quantum Optics.- Synchronization of Atomic Quantum Transitions by Light Pulses.- Amplification of Pulse Responses in Ensembles of Nonlinear Oscillators.- Spectroscopic Techniques and New Coherent Sources.- Narrowband Tunable VUV/XUV Radiation Generated by Third Order Frequency Mixing of Laser Radiation in Gases.- Laser and Synchrotron—Based Excitation Sources for Relaxation Studies.- Optical Parametric Oscillators of Bariumborate and Lithiumborate: New Sources for Powerful Tunable Laser Radiation in the Ultraviolet, Visible and Near Infrared.- Two—Photon Transitions with Time Delayed Radiation Pulses.- Diode Lasers and their Applications to Spectroscopy.- The CO-Overtone Laser: A Spectroscopic Source in a Most Interesting Wavelength Region.- Tunable Sideband—Laser Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules.- High Resolution Far Infrared Spectroscopy.- Laser Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules.- High-Resolution Laser Spectroscopy in the UV/VUV Spectral Region.- High Resolution Spectroscopy of Atomic Hydrogen: Measurement of the Rydberg Constant.- Laser Spectroscopy of Atomic Discharges.- Infrared Laser Spectroscopy.- Opto—Thermal Spectroscopy.- Multiphoton IR Spectroscopy.- Light Induced Kinetic Effects in Alkali Vapors.- Anomalous Doppler Broadening in O2-Noble Gases Radio—Frequency Discharges.- The N2*-OCS System Microwave Spectroscopy Measurements of Vibrational Populations: The Perturbed Stationary State.- Interdisciplinary Applications of Laser Spectroscopy / A. Solid State and Cluster Phvsics.- Phonon Lifetimes in Molecular Crystals.- Nonlinear TimeResolved Spectroscopy in Condensed Matter.- Brioullin Gain Spectroscopy in Glasses and Crystals.- Coherent Raman Spectroscopy: Techniques and Recent Applications.- B. Sensitive Detection of Isotopes. Combustion Processes and Pollutants.- Laser Detection of Very Rare Long-Lived Radioactive Isotopes.- Nuclear Ground—State Properties From Laser and Mass Spectroscopy.- Resonance Ionization Mass Spectroscopy for Trace Analysis.- CARS Spectroscopy and Applications.- Laser Spectroscopy Applied to Combustion.- Trace Gas Detection with Infrared Gas Lasers.- Environmental Monitoring Using Optical Techniques.- Remote Detection of Atmospheric Pollutants Using Differential Absorption Lidar Techniques.- C. Application to Frequency Metrology and Stabilization.- Laser Cooling of Atomic Beams and its Application to Frequency Standards.- Possible Precision Far—Infrared Spectroscopy of Trapped Ions.- Stable Ammonia Laser for Cooled Single Ion Frequency Standard.- Frequency Stabilization of Infrared Lasers: The Optogalvanic Effect in CO2.