Laser Spectroscopy IV : proceedings of the fourth international conference, Rottach-Egern, Fed. Rep. of Germany, June 11-15, 1979

The Fourth International Conference on Laser Spectroscopy (FICOLS) was held in the Hotel Oberfahrt in Rottach-Egern, Tegernsee, June 11-15, 1979. Rottach-Egern is a well-known health resort situated on the southern end of Lake Tegernsee. As with the previous laser spectroscopy conferences in Vail, Megeve, and Jackson, the purpose of FICOLS was to provide ~n informal setting where an international group of scientists active in laser spectroscopy could discuss current problems and developments in the field. The program consisted essen­ tially of invited lectures with appropriate time provided for the latest postdeadline results. The conference was attended by 340 scientists representing 25 countries: Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada,- Peoples Re­ public of China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany (FRG), Germany (GDR), Great Britain, India, Italy, Japan, Nether­ lands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, U.S.k,, U.S.S.R., and Yugoslavia. Unfortunately five of our colleagues from Japan who planned to attend the meeting could not come due to an interruption of airline schedules, Their absence was a distinct loss to the conference. However, their papers will be published in one of the forthcoming issues of the journal Applied Physics. Numerous people have contributed to making the conference a success. Especially we would like to thank the members of the steering committee for their advice concerning the program. Front Matter....Pages I-XIII Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Historical Perspectives in Laser Spectroscopy....Pages 2-9 Front Matter....Pages 11-11 An Improved Test of the Isotropy of Space Using Laser Techniques....Pages 12-20 Suggestion and Analysis for a New Optical Test of General Relativity....Pages 21-30 High Resolution Spectroscopy of Atomic Hydrogen....Pages 31-38 Direct Frequency Measurement of the 260 THz (1.15 μ m) 20 Ne Laser: And Beyond....Pages 39-48 Transverse Resonance-Radiation Pressure on Atomic Beams and the Influence of fluctuations....Pages 49-55 Deflection of a Na Beam by Resonant Standing Wave Radiation....Pages 56-65 Laser Cooling of Ions Bound to a Penning Trap....Pages 66-72 Preparation, Cooling, and Spectroscopy of Single, Localized Ions....Pages 73-78 Front Matter....Pages 79-79 Theories of Laser Bandwidth Effects in Spectroscopy....Pages 80-87 Interaction of Two Resonant Laser Fields with a Folded Doppler Broadened System of I 2 ....Pages 88-95 Compensation of Doppler Broadening by Velocity-Dependent Light-Shifts....Pages 96-105 Multiple Coherent Interaction in Optical Separated Fields....Pages 106-119 High Resolution Spectroscopy of Calcium Atoms....Pages 120-129 High Resolution Two-Photon Spectroscopy of Rb Rydberg Levels....Pages 130-141 High Resolution Saturation Spectroscopy with CO 2 Lasers. Application to the v 3 Bands of SF 6 and OsO 4 ....Pages 142-153 High Resolution Laser Spectroscopy of Small Molecules....Pages 154-163 Single Molecular Isotope Absorption-Spectra....Pages 164-174 High Resolution Coherent Raman Spectroscopy of Gases....Pages 175-187 Doppler-Free Optogalvanic Spectroscopy....Pages 188-194 Front Matter....Pages 79-79 Laser Saturation Spectroscopy with Optical Pumping....Pages 195-202 Doppler-Free Intracavity Polarization Spectroscopy....Pages 203-209 Forward Scattering and Polarization Spectroscopy....Pages 210-221 Spectroscopic Studies into Elastic Scattering of Excited Particles....Pages 222-233 Front Matter....Pages 235-235 Stark Ionization of Rydberg States....Pages 236-243 Rydberg States and Microwaves: High Resolution Spectroscopy, Masers and Superradiance....Pages 244-254 High Resolution Spectroscopy of Rydberg States....Pages 255-263 Term Values, Pressure Broadenings and Shifts in High Rydberg Levels of Rubidium....Pages 264-272 Doubly Excited Alkaline Earth Atoms....Pages 273-282 Selective Detection of Single Atoms by Multistep Excitation and Ionization Through Rydberg States....Pages 283-294 Front Matter....Pages 295-295 Classical Model of SF 6 Multiphoton Dissociation....Pages 296-299 Collisionless Multiple Photon Excitations in SF 6 : Thermal or not?....Pages 300-308 Resonant Multiphoton Dissociation of Small Molecules....Pages 309-318 Double Resonance Spectroscopy of Multiple-Photon Excited Molecules....Pages 319-328 Spectroscopy of Photodissociation Products....Pages 329-337 Front Matter....Pages 339-339 Recent Progress in Four-Wave Mixing Spectroscopy....Pages 340-348 Laser Induced Collisional and Radiative Energy Transfer....Pages 349-359 Laser Bandwidth and Intensity Effects in Multiphoton Ionization of Sodium....Pages 360-367 Saturation and Stark-Splitting of Resonant Transitions in Stochastically Fluctuating Laser Fields of Arbitrary Bandwidth....Pages 368-376 Front Matter....Pages 577-577 Two-Pulse Spectroscopy with Picosecond Laser Pulses....Pages 378-386 Front Matter....Pages 577-577 Spectroscopy of Photoreaction Centres by Tunable Picosecond Parametric Oscillators....Pages 387-397 Ultraslow Optical Dephasing of Pr 3+ : LaF 3 ....Pages 398-403 Optical Coherence Storage in Spin States....Pages 404-415 Time-Resolved Infrared Spectral Photography....Pages 416-423 Front Matter....Pages 425-425 Theory of Optical Bistability....Pages 426-440 Controlling Light with Light: Optical Bistability and Optical Modulation....Pages 441-450 Theory of Superfluorescence....Pages 451-458 Quantum Theory of Superfluorescence....Pages 459-470 Experiments on the Initiation and Coherence Properties of Superfluorescence....Pages 471-479 Coupled Transitions in Superradiance....Pages 480-489 Front Matter....Pages 491-491 Phase Conjugate Optics....Pages 492-503 Laser-Induced Selective Multistep Processes: Impact on Nuclear Physics, Chemistry and Biology....Pages 504-516 Laser Spectroscopy of Short-Lived Isotopes in Fast Atomic Beams and Resonance Cells....Pages 517-526 Hyperfine Spectroscopy of Radioactive Alkali Isotopes....Pages 527-533 Atomic Beam Laser Spectroscopy of Radioactive Ba Atoms....Pages 534-538 Dye Laser Saturation Spectroscopy with Beams of Atoms and Ions....Pages 539-548 Laser Induced Nuclear Orientation....Pages 549-558 Information on Nuclear Quadrupole Moments from Laser-rf Double-Resonance Spectroscopy....Pages 559-565 Laser-rf Double-Resonance Spectroscopy....Pages 566-572 cw VUV Generation and the Diagnostics of the Hydrogen Plasma....Pages 573-582 Front Matter....Pages 583-583 Tunable Transition-Metal-Doped Solid State Lasers....Pages 584-589 New Methods for the Generation of Ultrashort Dye Laser Pulses....Pages 590-596 Optically Pumped Molecular Lasers....Pages 597-602 Nd: YAG Pumped Tunable Sources and Applications to χ (3) Spectroscopy....Pages 603-612 Front Matter....Pages 613-613 Atomic-Beam and Resonance Spectroscopy of Alkali and Alkaline-Earth Atoms....Pages 614-615 Observation of Transient and Stationary Zeeman Coherence by Polarization Spectroscopy....Pages 616-617 Experimental Evidence for Light-Shift Induced Zero-Field Level Crossing (“Optical Hanle Effect”)....Pages 618-619 Diamagnetic and Collisional Perturbations of Caesium Rydberg States....Pages 620-621 Collisional Effects in the Saturation Spectroscopy of Three-Level Systems: Theory and Experiment....Pages 622-623 Double-Quantum Saturation Spectroscopy with Lasers and rf....Pages 624-625 High Resolution Spectroscopy in Helium....Pages 626-627 Doppler-Limited Spectroscopy of the 3 v3 Band of SF 6 ....Pages 628-628 Stimulated Level Shifting and Velocity Inversion in UV-Laser-Excited Photofragments....Pages 629-630 Multiphoton Ionization Mass Spectrometry....Pages 631-633 Standing Wave Saturation Effects in Coupled Three-Level Systems: IR-FIR Transferred Lamb-Dip in Optically Pumped Molecular Lasers....Pages 634-636 Laser Spectroscopy in Intense Magnetic Fields....Pages 637-638 Real-Time Picosecond Measurements of Electronic Energy Transfer from DODCI to Malachite Green and DQOCI....Pages 639-642 Quantum Beats in Triplet States of Phosphorescent Molecules Following Laser Flash Excitation....Pages 643-643 Doppler-Free Optoacoustic Spectroscopy....Pages 644-645 Pulsed Opto-Acoustic Spectroscopy of Liquids....Pages 646-648 Front Matter....Pages 613-613 Design and Performance of a Broadband “Optical Diode” to Enforce One-Direction Traveling Wave Operation of a Ring Laser....Pages 649-650 Back Matter....Pages 651-654