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Taylor & Francis Advances In Laser Physics 2000 Edition by V S Letokhov, Pierre Meystre
The birth of quantum electronics in the middle of the 20th century and the subsquent discovery of the laser led to new trends in physics and a number of photonic technolgies. This volume is dedicated to Peter Franken, a pioneer of nonlinear optics, and includes papers by the founders of quantum electronics, Aleksandr Prokhorov, Nicolaas Blombergen, and Norman Ramsey. The topics covered range from astronomy to nuclear and semiconductor physics, and from fundamental problems in quantum mechanics to applications in novel laser materials and nanoscience. Table of contents :- Exploring the Universe with Atomic Clocks Femtosecond Pulses at the Boundary of a Nonlinear Dielectric Physics of Quantum Interference Effects in DC-Field Coupled Systems On Excitation of Mossbauer Levels of Heavy Nuclei in a Laser Produced Plasma Seventy Years of Raman Scattering Excitonic Features in Semiconductor Microcavities Laser Resonance Photoelectron/Photoion Microscopy with Subwavelength Spatial Resolution Nonlinear Optics of Matter Waves