SUBJECT

Lasers in Chemistry

lecture

Master

Faculty of Science

Chemistry MSc

2

Semester 2

Spring semester

1. Introduction: invention and history of lasers

2. Basic physics of lasers

3. Laser sources

4. Manipulation of the laser beam

5. Laser spectroscopy: methods and applications

6. Laser spectroscopy in analytical chemistry, LIDAR

7. Photochemistry, laser stimulated and sensitized reactions

8. Ultrafast kinetic measurements

9. Selected non-chemical applications of lasers: holography, laser cooling of atoms, photoassociation spectroscopy, atomic clocks; astronomical masers and lasers

Suggested:

• Anthony E. Siegman: Lasers, University Science Books, 1986

• William T. Silfvast: Laser Fundamentals, Cambridge University Press, 2nd ed. 2004

• David L. Andrews: Lasers in Chemistry, Springer, 1997

• Halina Abramczyk: Introduction to Laser Spectroscopy, Elsevier, 2005

• Gerald R. Van Hecke and Kerry K. Karakstis: A Guide to Lasers in Chemistry, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 1998

• Anne B. Myers, Thomas R. Rizzo (Editors): Laser Techniques in Chemistry, Wiley, 1995

• Ahmed H. Zewail: Laser Chemistry Applications, (Photochemistry and Photobiology, Vol.1.), Gordon & Breach Publishing Group, 1983