Ebook: Tunable Lasers and Applications: Proceedings of the Loen Conference, Norway, 1976

The Tunable Lasers and Applications Conference was held in Loen, Norway, on June 6-11, 1976. This conference dealt with the technology of tunable lasers from the vacuum ultraviolet to the far infrared and their application in the areas of photochemistry, chemical kinetics, isotope separation, at­ mospheric photochemistry and environmental studies, photobiology, and spec­ troscopy. The need for such a conference grew out of the rapidly expanding use of tunable lasers in a broad range of disciplines. The conference was attended by 130 scientists representing Japan, Italy, West Germany, Canada, Israel, France, England, Norway, Sweden, Brazil, Den­ mark, Finland, the Netherlands, the Soviet Union, and the United States. The location of the conference in Loen, Nordfjord, was chosen because of the magnificent beauty of its aqua-blue fjords surrounded by glacier-capped mountains and lush green hillsides. The Alexandra Hotel was a perfect host for such a conference with first class services, superb smorgesbord, and ex­ cellent audio-visual facilities. The atmosphere was free of distractions and provided for a relaxed interchange of ideas. An afternoon hike was arranged to the Briksdal glacier while the highlight of the outdoor activities was a bus-ship excursion to the magestically splendid Geiranger fjord. A sumptuous banquet was followed by an interesting'and entertaining illustrated talk on high-speed and underwater photography by Professor Harold Edgerton from MIT. Financial support from our sponsors is gratefully acknowledged in help­ ing to make this conference a complete success.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-VIII
Tunable Coherent VUV Radiation....Pages 1-20
High Efficiency UV Lasers....Pages 21-39
Tunable VUV Excimer Laser Systems....Pages 40-49
Dye Laser Technology....Pages 50-59
Scalable Tunable IR Lasers....Pages 60-69
Parametric Oscillators....Pages 70-80
Tunable Infrared Generation in Molecular Gases....Pages 81-87
Tunable High Power Raman Lasers and Their Applications....Pages 88-95
Laser Chemistry at Surfaces....Pages 96-99
The Photophysics and Photochemistry of Formaldehyde....Pages 100-107
Future Applications of Selective Laser Photophysics and Photochemistry....Pages 108-121
Uranium Isotope Separation and Its Demand on Laser Development....Pages 122-139
Dissociation of Polyatomic Molecules by an Intense Infrared Laser Field....Pages 140-149
Collisionless Dissociation of Polyatomic Molecules by Multiphoton Infrared Absorption....Pages 150-161
Laser Excitation of Molecules to High States of Vibration....Pages 162-176
Double Resonance and Energy Transfer in Sulfur Hexafluoride....Pages 177-189
Laser Induced Collisions....Pages 190-192
Application of Picosecond Laser Pulses to the Determination of Vibrational Time Constants of Polyatomic Molecules in Liquids....Pages 193-206
Optical Coherent Transients by Laser Frequency-Switching....Pages 207-217
Relaxation in Macroscopic System: An Information Theoretic Approach....Pages 218-223
Tropospheric Photochemical and Photophysical Processes....Pages 224-235
Photochemistry in the Stratosphere....Pages 236-258
Remote Sensing Using Tunable Lasers....Pages 259-278
Resonance Raman Spectroscopy: Application of Tunable Lasers to the Study of the Molecular Mechanisms and Dynamics of Visual Excitation....Pages 279-293
Laser-Induced Fluorescence of Biological Molecules....Pages 294-302
Fluorescence Spectroscopy Applied to Dynamics and Structure of Biopolymers....Pages 303-313
Applications of High Resolution Laser Spectroscopy....Pages 314-325
Applications of Far Infrared Lasers....Pages 326-339
Tunable Laser Spectroscopy in Mineral Prospecting....Pages 340-347
Study on Phase-Matching Characteristics of Optical Second Harmonic Generation in Nonlinear Thin-Film Waveguides Using a Tunable Parametric Oscillator....Pages 348-352
Control Techniques for CW Dye Lasers....Pages 353-360
Optically Pumped Gas Lasers....Pages 361-366
Cars Techniques and Applications....Pages 367-377
Development of Cars for Measurement of Molecular Parameters....Pages 378-388
Back Matter....Pages 389-397
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