Lasers in Chemistry

Prof. Dr. David L. Andrews, School of Chemical Sciences, University of East Anglia, GB. Highly respected and has made major interesting contributions in the field. His works are very deep and illuminating. The autor has also published in condensed matter QED, though not to the same extent.

1 Principles of Laser Operation.- 1.1 The Nature of Stimulated Emission.- 1.2 Resonators and Pumping Processes.- 1.3 Coherent Radiation, Standing Waves and Modes.- 1.4 The Kinetics of Laser Emission.- 1.5.1 Three-level Laser.- 1.6 Properties of Laser Light, and Their Applications.- 2 Laser Sources.- 2.1 Optically-pumped Solid-state Lasers.- 2.2 Semiconductor Lasers.- 2.3 Atomic and Ionic Gas Lasers.- 2.4 Molecular Gas Lasers.- 2.5 Dye Lasers.- 2.6 Free-electron Laser.- 2.7 Questions.- 3 Laser Instrumentation in Chemistry.- 3.1 Polarising Optics.- 3.2 Frequency Conversion.- 3.3 Pulsing Techniques.- 3.4 Detectors.- 3.5 Pulse Detection Systems.- 3.6 Light Scattering Instrumentation.- 3.7 Polarimetry.- 3.8 Laser Detectors in Chromatography.- 3.9 Laser Microprobe Instrumentation.- 3.10 Laser Safety.- 3.11 Questions.- 4 Chemical Spectroscopy with Lasers.- 4.1 Absorption Spectroscopy.- 4.2 Specialised Absorption Techniques.- 4.3 Fluorescence Spectroscopy.- 4.4 Raman Spectroscopy.- 4.5 Specialised Raman Techniques.- 4.6 Multiphoton Spectroscopy.- 4.7 Laser Mass Spectrometry.- 4.8 References.- 4.9 Questions.- 5 Laser-Induced Chemistry.- 5.1 Principles of Laser-induced Chemistry.- 5.2 Multiphoton Infra-red Excitation.- 5.3 Laser Photochemical Processes.- 5.4 Isotope Separation.- 5.5 Materials Applications.- 5.6 Photodynamic Therapy.- 5.7 References.- 5.8 Questions.- Appendix 1: Listing of Output Wavelengths from Commercial Lasers.- Appendix 2: Directory of Acronyms and Abbreviations.- Appendix 3: Selected Bibliography.- Appendix 4: Answers to Numerical Problems.