Dye Lasers: 25 Years

In Dye Lasers: 25 years, the pioneers and leading experts in
the field of   dye lasers present the current status and
bright future perspectives of dye lasers and their
applications in physics and chemistry. Particular               topics
covered include: new sources of ultrashort pulses, novel
aspects of resonator design and imaging for femtosecond
lasers, amplification         schemes to terawatt intensity regimes,
optics and high-resolution               spectroscopy of atoms and
molecules, and electro-optic and plasma physics   applications
of ultrashort and ultra-intense laser pulses.
Since its      invention in 1966, the dye laser has
revolutionized many fields of science   and technology.
Questions of fundamental interest in physics and                  chemistry
can now be answered: it is possible to test                                 fundamental
quantum physics in single-atom experiments                                 and
regioselective photochemistry in complexes can be monitored
directlyusing dye-laser diagnostic methods.
In this book the latest results (and      most recent references)
are presented for new sources of ultrashort pulses   from the
visible to the VUV, together with experimental details                  of
ultrahigh-resolution spectroscopy of atoms and molecules,
laser         diagnostics of the dynamics of elementary chemical
reactions, and ultrahigh intensity sources for laser target
interaction.