Chemical and biochemical applications of lasers, Volume 3, 1977

This book is intended to serve both as an introduction to selective photophysical and photochemical processes and as a review of current research. Fundamental principles and methods are described. For each of eight classes of laser methods, isotopic separations and related research, as well as applications of these selective techniques in chemistry, biology, and materials science, are discussed. A thorough description of the experimental results on multiphoton infrared processes and their theoretical interpretation is given. 489 refs