Laser Spectroscopy

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Chairman’s Opening Remarks....Pages 1-3
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Introductory Remarks....Pages 7-9
Extension of Microwave Detection and Frequency Measuring Techniques into the Optical Region....Pages 11-28
Infrared-Microwave Double Resonance....Pages 29-44
Non-Linear Effects and Coherence Phenomena in Optical Pumping....Pages 45-55
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
Generation of Ultraviolet and Vacuum Ultraviolet Radiation....Pages 59-75
Parametric Oscillators....Pages 77-101
A Tunable Infrared Coherent Source for the 2 to 25 Micron Region and Beyond....Pages 103-111
Oscillation on the Ultraviolet Bound-Free Continua of Diatomic Molecular Xenon and Molecular Krypton....Pages 113-122
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Ultrahigh Resolution Saturated Absorption Spectroscopy....Pages 125-142
Speed of Light from Direct Laser Frequency and Wavelength Measurements: Emergence of a Laser Standard of Length....Pages 143-156
High Resolution Spectroscopy with Tunable Dye Lasers....Pages 157-169
Precision Heterodyne Calibration....Pages 171-191
Absorption Spectroscopy from Selectively Excited Atomic Singlet Levels....Pages 193-204
Spectroscopy of Highly Excited Levels in Alkali Atoms using a CW Tunable Dye Laser....Pages 205-219
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
High Resolution Tunable Infrared Lasers....Pages 223-236
Advances in Tunable Lead-Salt Semiconductor Lasers....Pages 237-246
High Pressure Waveguide Gas Lasers....Pages 247-262
Wideband Waveguide CO 2 Lasers....Pages 263-272
Frequency Stabilization of a CW Dye Laser....Pages 273-279
Front Matter....Pages 281-281
Coherent Transient Study of Velocity-Changing Collisions....Pages 283-291
Theory of Coherent Transients....Pages 293-311
Pulsed Microwave Rotational Relaxation Studies....Pages 313-321
Off-Resonance Pulse Propagation in a Two-Level System-Distance Dependence of the Carrier Frequency....Pages 323-332
Observation of Slow Velocities and Self-Steepening of Optical Pulses Described by Adiabatic Following....Pages 333-349
Front Matter....Pages 351-351
Saturation Spectroscopy of Atoms....Pages 353-360
Molecular Beam Spectroscopy with Argon and Dye Lasers....Pages 361-377
Self-Induced Emission in Optically Pumped HF Gas: The Rise and Fall of the Superradiant State....Pages 379-412
Infrared-Microwave (Radiofrequency) Two-Photon Spectroscopy....Pages 413-431
Observation of Lamb-Dip and Transient Nutation at Microwave Frequency....Pages 433-444
Quantum Beat Spectroscopy using Tunable Pulsed Dye Lasers....Pages 445-455
Observation of Superhyperfine Modulation and Quantum Beats in Photon-Echo Spectroscopy in Ruby....Pages 457-467
Front Matter....Pages 469-469
Spin-Flip Raman Laser and Applications....Pages 471-491
High Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy using Tunable Semiconductor Lasers....Pages 493-502
Far Infrared Generation....Pages 503-511
Tunable Far-Infrared Generation by Difference-Frequency Mixing in Indium Antimonide....Pages 513-521
Kilowatt Spin-Flip Outputs in the 5 µm Region: Application to Chemical Spectroscopy and Resonant Non-Linear Mixing....Pages 523-532
Front Matter....Pages 533-533
Laser Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy....Pages 535-540
Infrared-Microwave Double Resonance Measurements of T 1 in Methyl Fluoride and Methyl Chloride....Pages 541-554
Accurate Rotational Constants, Frequencies, and Wavelengths from 12 C 16 O 2 Lasers Stabilized by Saturated Absorption....Pages 555-569
Front Matter....Pages 533-533
Picosecond Studies of Ultrafast Molecular Processes in Liquids....Pages 571-579
Laser Negative Ion Spectroscopy....Pages 581-595
Time Evolution of Unimolecular Processes in Isolated Molecules by Crossed Laser and Molecular Beams....Pages 597-609
Selective Two-Step Dissociation of Ammonia Molecules....Pages 611-630
Front Matter....Pages 631-631
Quantum Electronic Techniques in Astrophysics: Present Developments and Future Prospects....Pages 633-641
Experiments of Astrophysical Significance using a Laser Strainmeter....Pages 643-652
Back Matter....Pages 653-671