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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.
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Series: NATO ASI Series 241
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Year: 1,990
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Edition: 1
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Pages: 512
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Pages In File: 494
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Language: English
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Identifier: 978-1-4684-1344-1,978-1-4684-1342-7
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Doi: 10.1007/978-1-4684-1342-7
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Cleaned: 1
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Paginated: 1
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Org File Size: 30,847,063
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Extension: pdf
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Tags: Analytical Chemistry Electrical Engineering Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices Acoustics
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Toc: Front Matter....Pages i-xiiTechniques of Laser Spectroscopy: Their Advantages and Limitations....Pages 1-12Quantum Effects in Single-Atom and Single-Photon Experiments....Pages 13-30Chaos and Complexity in Quantum Optics....Pages 31-45Synchronization of Atomic Quantum Transitions by Light Pulses....Pages 47-54Amplification of Pulse Responses in Ensembles of Nonlinear Oscillations....Pages 55-62Narrowband Tunable VUV/XUV Radiation Generated by Third-Order Frequency Mixing of Laser Radiation in Gases....Pages 63-67Laser and Synchrotron-Based Excitation Sources for Relaxation Studies....Pages 69-99Optical Parametric Oscillators of Bariumborate and Lithiumborate: New Sources for Powerful Tunable Laser Radiation in the Ultraviolet, Visible and Near Infrared....Pages 101-107Two-Photon Transitions with Time-Delayed Radiation Pulses....Pages 109-115Diode Lasers and their Application to Spectroscopy....Pages 117-125The Co-Overtone Laser a Spectroscopic Source in a Most Interesting Wavelength Region....Pages 127-135Tunable Sideband Laser Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules....Pages 137-140High Resolution Far Infrared Spectroscopy....Pages 141-148High-Resolution Laser Spectroscopy in the UV/VUV Spect