Advances in Spectroscopy for Lasers and Sensing

This volume presents the Proceedings of "New Development in Optics and Related Fields," held in Italy in June, 2005. This meeting was organized by the International School of Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy of the "Ettore Majorana" Center for Scientific Culture. The purpose of this Institute was to provide a comprehensive and coherent treatment of the new techniques and contemporary developments in optics and related fields.

Preface. List of Past Institutes. 1. Spectroscopy of Photonic Atoms: A Means for Ultra-Sensitive Specific Sensing of Bio-Molecules; S. Arnold, O. Gaathon.- 2. Laser Sources for High Resolution Sensing; G. Baldacchini.- 3. Relaxation and Decoherence: What’s New?; R. v. Baltz.- 4. Challenges for Current Spectroscopy: Detection of Security Threats; N.P. Barnes.- 5. Sources for Threat Detection; N.P. Barnes.- 6. Yb3+-Doped CaF2 Fluoride as an Example of our Research Approach in Solid-State Laser-Type Crystals; G. Boulon.- 7. Terahertz Sensing and Measuring Systems; J.W. Bowen.- 8. Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Biological Systems; M. Chergui.- 9. Luminescence Spectroscopy of Solids: Localized Systems; J. Collins.- 10. Laser Spectrometers for Atmospheric Analysis; F. D’Amato.- 11. Sensitive Detection Techniques in Laser Spectroscopy; W. Demtroeder et al.- 12. Luminescence Spectroscopy of Solids: Delocalized Systems; B. Di Bartolo.- 13. Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS); R. Fantoni et al.- 14. Optical Spectroscopy of Semiconductor Quantum Structures; H. Kalt.- 15. ZnO Rediscovered – Once Again!?; C. Klingshirn et al.- 16. Coherent Spectroscopy of Semiconductor Nanostructures; V.G. Lyssenko, J. Erland Ostergaard.- 17. Dynamics of Upconversion in Laser Crystals; G. Ozen.- 18. Waveguide Fabrication Methods in Dielectric Solids; M. Pollnau.- 19. Spectral Properties of Films; A.P. Voitovich.- 20. Basic Physics of Semiconductor Lasers; T. Voss, J. Gutowski.- 21. Judd-Ofelt Theory: Principles and Practices; B.M. Walsh.- 22. Periodic Dielectric and Metallic Photonic Structures; M. Wegener.- 23. Cooling and Trapping of Atoms; C.E. Wieman.- 24. Non-Linear Propagation of Femtosecond Terawatt Laser Pulses in Air and Applications; J.P. Wolf.- 25. Spectroscopy of the Gap States in Ge Based on its Neutron Transmutation Doping Kinetics; A.G. Zabrodskii.- Interdisciplinary Lectures.- 26. The Status of Unified Theories of Fundamental Interactions; G. Costa.- 27. Angular Momentum of the Human Body; J. Di Bartolo.- 28. Climate Change and Global Security; G.J. Goldsmith.- 29. Seminars.- 30. Posters.- Index.