Parson W. Modern Optical Spectroscopy. From Fundamentals to App...3ed 2023

Textbook in PDF format

The 3rd edition of this textbook offers clear explanations of optical spectroscopic phenomena and shows how spectroscopic techniques are used in modern chemistry, biochemistry and biophysics. This revised and updated edition provides expanded discussions of laser spectroscopy, crystal symmetry, birefringence, non-linear optics, solar cells and light-emitting diodes.The explanations are sufficiently thorough and detailed to be useful for researchers, graduate students and advanced undergraduates in chemistry, biochemistry and biophysics. They are based on time-dependent quantum mechanics, but are developed from first principles so that they can be understood by readers with little prior training in the field. Additional topics and highlights are presented in special boxes in the text. The book is richly illustrated with color figures throughout. Each chapter ends with a section of questions for self-examination.
Introduction
Basic Concepts of Quantum Mechanics
Light
Electronic Absorption
Fluorescence
Vibrational Absorption
Resonance Energy Transfer
Exciton Interactions
Circular Dichroism
Coherence and Dephasing
Pump-Probe Spectroscopy, Photon Echoes, Two-Dimensional Spectroscopy and Vibrational Wavepackets
Raman Scattering and Other Multi-photon Processes