". . .presents[s] a collection of interesting applications for laser spectroscopy with a particular concentration on unusual applications. There are nearly 100 examples described. . . .of most interest to chemists, but there is much in [the book] that applies to physicists and engineers as well. "---Journal of the American Chemical Society

• Interaction of light with molecules - an overview; components of spectroscopic instrumentation; adsorption-based laser spectroscopy; photoluminescence intensity-based laser spectroscopy; photoluminescence life-time-based laser spectroscopy; laser Raman spectroscopy; selected applications of laser spectroscopy; selected spectroscopic techniques; lasers and emerging spectroscopies.