Springer Optical Sciences

I. Raman Spectroscopy.- Surface Brillouin Scattering.- Momentum Transfer in Surface Brillouin.- High-Resolution Studies of Phase Transitions in Solids.- A Statistical Analysis of Trends in Research on Laser Raman Spectroscopy.- Relaxation Mode in SrTiO3: A Mode to Test Melting Models?.- Raman Scattering in Superconductors.- Enhanced Raman Scattering of Molecules Adsorbed on Ag, Cu and Au Surfaces.- Inverse Raman Spectroscopy.- Surface Nonlinear Optics.- A Quasi-Nonlinear Scattering Process: Probing of Short-Lived (?s to ps) Optically Pumped Excited States.- Raman Scattering Study of the Phase Transitions in (NH4)2Cd2(SO4)3.- II. Laser Spectroscopy.- Magic Angle Line Narrowing in Optical Spectroscopy.- Superhigh-Resolution Spectroscopy.- Opto-Acoustic Spectroscopy of Condensed Matter.- IR Laser Absorption Spectroscopy of Local Modes of the H- Ion in Pure and Rare-Earth-Doped CaF2.- Nonlinear Optics of Cryogenic Liquids.- III. Laser Photochemistry.- Bond Selective Excitation of Molecules.- Generation of UV Radiation (250-260 nm) from Intracavity Doubling of a Single-Mode Ring Dye Laser.- Chemist's Dream About IR Laser Photochemistry.- Multiphoton Ionization Mass Spectrometry and Other Developments in UV Laser Chemistry.- Multiphoton Ionization of Atoms.- IV. New Laser Devices and Applications.- Applications of Tunable Laser Spectroscopy to Molecular Photophysics: From Diatomics to Model Membranes.- High-Power Picosecond Pulses from UV to IR.- Optically Pumped FIR Lasers.- A Direct Observation of Gain in the XUV Spectral Region.- Three Layer 1.3 ?m InGaAsP DH Laser with Quaternary Confining Layers.- Devices for Lightwave Communications.- Fiber Optics in Brazil.- V. Laser Biology and Medicine.- Laser-Degeneration Study of Nerve Fibers in the Optic Nerve.- The Argon Laser in the Treatment of Glaucoma.- Preliminary Evaluation of the Use of the CO2 Laser in Gynecology.- Application of Vertical Brackets in Orthodontic Treatments: A Laser Speckle Study.- Lasers in Biology: Fluorescence Studies and Selective Action.- Time-Resolved Resonance Raman Techniques for Intermediates of Photolabile Systems.- VI. Picosecond Bistability.- Optical Bistability in Semiconductors.- Critical Behavior in Optical Phase-Conjugation.- Transient Statistics in Optical Instabilities.- List of Contributors.