spectroscopy

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Introduction
Survey of optical spectroscopy
- General principles
  - Basic features of electromagnetic radiation
  - Basic properties of atoms
  - Historical survey
  - Applications
- Practical considerations
  - General methods of spectroscopy
  - Types of electromagnetic-radiation sources
    - Broadband-light sources
    - Line sources
    - Laser sources
    - Techniques for obtaining Doppler-free spectra
    - Pulsed lasers
  - Methods of dispersing spectra
    - Refraction
    - Diffraction
    - Interference
  - Optical detectors
Foundations of atomic spectra
- Basic atomic structure
- Hydrogen atom states
  - Angular momentum quantum numbers
  - Fine and hyperfine structure of spectra
- The periodic table
  - Quantum behaviour of fermions and bosons
  - Electron configurations
  - Total orbital angular momentum and total spin angular momentum
- Atomic transitions
- Perturbations of levels
Molecular spectroscopy
- General principles
- Theory of molecular spectra
  - Rotational energy states
  - Vibrational energy states
  - Electronic energy states
  - Energy states of real diatomic molecules
- Experimental methods
- Fields of molecular spectroscopy
  - Microwave spectroscopy
    - Types of microwave spectrometer
    - Molecular applications
  - Infrared spectroscopy
    - Infrared instrumentation
    - Analysis of absorption spectra
  - Raman spectroscopy
  - Visible and ultraviolet spectroscopy
    - Electronic transitions
    - Factors determining absorption regions
  - Fluorescence and phosphorescence
    - Fluorescence
    - Phosphorescence
  - Photoelectron spectroscopy
  - Laser spectroscopy
    - Doppler-limited spectroscopy
    - Coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy (CARS)
    - Laser magnetic resonance and Stark spectroscopies
X-ray and radio-frequency spectroscopy
- X-ray spectroscopy
  - Relation to atomic structure
  - Production methods
    - X-ray tubes
    - Synchrotron sources
  - X-ray optics
  - X-ray detectors
  - Applications
- Radio-frequency spectroscopy
  - Origins
  - Methods
Resonance-ionization spectroscopy
- Ionization processes
  - Basic energy considerations
  - RIS schemes
  - Lasers for RIS
- Atom counting
- Resonance-ionization mass spectrometry
  - Noble gas detection
  - Neutrino detection
- RIS atomization methods
  - Thermal atomization
  - Sputter atomization
- Additional applications of RIS
  - On-line accelerator applications
  - Molecular applications

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