Laser Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules
Title | Laser Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules PDF eBook |
Author | H. Walther |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 386 |
Release | 2014-04-17 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 9783662309094 |
With contributions by numerous experts
Laser Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules
Title | Laser Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules PDF eBook |
Author | H. Walther |
Publisher | |
Pages | 404 |
Release | 2014-01-15 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9783662309087 |
Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy
Title | Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy PDF eBook |
Author | Sune Svanberg |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 418 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3642973981 |
A wide-ranging review of modern techniques in atomic and molecular spectroscopy. A brief description of atomic and molecular structure is followed by the relevant energy structure expressions. A discussion of radiative properties and the origin of spectra leads into coverage of X-ray and photoelectron spectroscopy, optical spectroscopy, and radiofrequency and microwave techniques. The treatment of laser spectroscopy investigates various tunable sources and a wide range of techniques characterized by high sensitivity and high resolution. Throughout this book, the relation between fundamental and applied aspects is shown, in particular by descriptions of applications to chemical analysis, photochemistry, surface characterisation, environmental and medical diagnostics, remote sensing and astrophysics.
Laser Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules
Title | Laser Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules PDF eBook |
Author | Fred A. Blum |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 410 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN |
Molecular and Laser Spectroscopy
Title | Molecular and Laser Spectroscopy PDF eBook |
Author | Zu-Geng Wang |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 291 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3642837182 |
The spectra of molecules containing more than one atom are necessarily of single atoms. They are correspondingly much more complex than those richer, not only in the number of spectral lines, but also in qualitatively different phenomena which do not have any counterpart in single atoms. Historically, molecular spectra have revealed much fundamental phy sics, such as the connection between nuclear spin statistics. They have pro vided models of physical systems which have been useful in quite different areas, such as particle physics. Most especially, molecular spectra are of fundamental importance in understanding chemical bonding. They reveal not only bond lengths but also the strength of the bonding potential between atoms. Moreover, these measurements are obtained for electronic excited states, as well as for the ground state, and for unstable short-lived molecules. In recent years, tunable lasers have provided powerful tools for the measurement and analysis of molecular spectra. Even before that, molecules were being used in lasers, most notably in the carbon dioxide laser, which finds many industrial applications.
Laser Control of Atoms and Molecules
Title | Laser Control of Atoms and Molecules PDF eBook |
Author | V. S. Letokhov |
Publisher | Oxford University Press on Demand |
Pages | 323 |
Release | 2007-02-15 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0198528167 |
This text treats laser light as a universal tool to control matter at the atomic and molecular level, one of the most exciting applications of lasers. Lasers can heat matter, cool atoms to ultra-low temperatures where they show quantum collective behaviour, and can act selectively on specific atoms and molecules for their detection and separation.
Laser Control of Atoms and Molecules
Title | Laser Control of Atoms and Molecules PDF eBook |
Author | Vladilen Letokhov |
Publisher | OUP Oxford |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 2007-02-15 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0191523712 |
Rather different problems can be lumped together under the general term 'laser control of atoms and molecules'. They include the laser selection of atomic and molecular velocities for the purpose of Doppler-free spectroscopy, laser control of the position and velocity of atoms (i.e. laser trapping and cooling of atoms), and laser control of atomic and molecular processes (ionization, dissociation) with a view of detecting single atoms and molecules and particularly separating isotopes and nuclear isomers. Over the last decades the principal problems posed have been successfully solved, and many of them have evolved remarkably in the subsequent investigations of the international research community. For example, the solution of the problem of laser cooling and trapping of atoms has given birth to the new field of the physics of ultracold matter, i.e. quantum atomic and molecular gases. The laser non-coherent control of uni-molecular processes has found an interesting extension in the field of laser coherent control of molecules. The concept of laser control of position has been successfully demonstrated with microparticles (optical tweezers), concurrently with investigations into atomic control. The laser photo-ionization of molecules on surfaces has led to the development of novel techniques of laser-assisted mass spectrometry of macromolecules, and so on. The aim of this book is to review these topics from a unified or 'coherent' point of view. It will be useful for many readers in various fields of laser science and its applications.