Books on Practical Laser Applications: A Guide for Spectroscopy Enthusiasts

[BillKet]

Hello! Can someone point me towards some good books about laser from a practical/experimental perspective (maybe even a review paper). Most books I found spend a lot of time going through derivations and theoretical concepts. I would like to go deeper into that, too, at a point, but for now I would like to know a bit more about when to use which laser and why in different experimental situations. I am mainly interested in atomic/molecular spectroscopy and I would like to understand better why do they use a given laser in given circumstances (e.g. why use a pulse vs a CW laser, how to scan the frequency of a laser, what is the best way to produce pulsed from CW for a given type of laser). It would be great if you can tell be about some books/papers in which they present actual experiments in which they used a certain laser, not just abstract concepts (which is what most books I found do). Thank you!

 

[DrClaude]

Have a look at Laser Spectroscopy by Demtröder.
https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783642538582
https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783662446409