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CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF THE LASER

Laser-induced processes in spectroscopy, isotope separation, and photochemistry

V. S. Letokhov

Institute of Spectroscopy of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Troitsk, Moscow region

Abstract: The use of stimulated quantum transitions in atoms and molecules for their resonant excitation is reviewed. The applications of this approach in laser spectroscopy, laser isotope separation, and laser photochemistry are briefly discussed.

UDC: 621.378.325:[543.42 + 621.039.3+541.14]

PACS: 32.10.Bi, 32.80.Fb, 33.80.Eh, 82.50.-m, 32.50.+d, 33.50.Dq

DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0148.198601f.0123

 English version: Physics–Uspekhi, 1986, 29:1, 70–81