Atom, Laser and Spectroscopy

Experimental spectroscopic techniques, especially those involving lasers, have wide-ranging applications in the fields of physics, medicine, electronics, and chemistry. Keeping in mind the importance of spectroscopic detection and characterisation of atomic and molecular species, this book, now in its Second Edition, is updated. It deals with both conventional and modern experimental techniques related to atoms, spectroscopy and lasers. It discusses recent innovations, types and operating principles of lasers and laser systems.

A section on Fibre Laser has been added to this new edition, and recent developments in planetary detection of atoms and molecules by Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) have prompted the inclusion of a section on LIBS on planet Mars along with its applications.

Primarily intended as a text for undergraduate and postgraduate students of physics, this book will be useful also for both undergraduate and postgraduate students in chemistry, astrophysics, metallurgy and material science, and geology and mining.

Key Features - Coverage includes detailed discussions on atoms, spectroscopy and lasers.
- Gives special emphasis to modern aspects of spectroscopy such as laser cooling of atoms.
- Contains more than 140 diagrams to illustrate concepts.
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