Molecules and Radiation An Introduction to Modern Molecular Spectroscopy. Second Edition

This unified treatment introduces upper-level undergraduates and graduate students to the concepts and the methods of modern molecular spectroscopy and their applications to quantum electronics, lasers, and related optical phenomena. Starting with a review of the prerequisite quantum mechanical background, the text examines atomic spectra and diatomic molecules; group theory; the rotational spectra of polyatomic molecules and their vibrational and electronic spectra; molecular beams, masers, and lasers; and a variety of forms of spectroscopy--optical resonance, coherent transient, multiple-photon, and spectroscopy beyond molecular constants. 1985 ed.