This volume presents a complete and thorough examination of advances in the instrumentation, evaluation, and implementation of UV technology for reliable and efficient data acquisition and analysis. It provides real-world applications in expanding fields such as chemical physics, plasma science, photolithography, laser spectroscopy, astronomy and atmospheric science.

This reference/text presents a complete and thorough examination of the latest advances in the instrumentation, evaluation, and implementation of UV technology for reliable and efficient data acquisition and analysis-providing real-world applications in expanding fields such as chemical physics, plasma science, photolithography, laser spectroscopy, astronomy, and atmospheric science, and highlighting important UV and VUV laser light generation issues. Discusses the LIF technique for studying organic molecules at low vibrational temperatures Supplemented with more than 1000 contemporary references, Ultraviolet Spectroscopy and UV Lasers is a clear and authoritative reference for spectroscopists, optical physicists and engineers; photolithography specialists; analytical chemists; biochemists; atmospheric specialists; biophysicists; astronomers; laser and solid-state laser material specialists; and an excellent text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.