Modern Optical Spectroscopy With Exercises and Examples from Biophysics and Biochemistry /

• Main Author: Parson, William W. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Mass spectrometry.; Physical chemistry.; Biochemistry.; Biology > Technique.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Mass Spectrometry.; Biochemistry, general.; Physical Chemistry.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Biological Techniques.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.

This textbook offers clear explanations of the theory of optical spectroscopic phenomena and shows how these ideas are used in modern molecular and cellular biophysics and biochemistry. The topics covered include electronic and vibrational absorption, fluorescence, resonance energy transfer, exciton...

Table of Contents:

• Basic Concepts of Quantum Mechanics
• Light
• Electronic Absorption
• Fluorescence
• Vibrational Absorption
• Resonance Energy Transfer
• Exciton Interactions
• Circular Dichroism
• Coherence and Dephasing
• Pump–Probe Spectroscopy, Photon Echoes, and Vibrational Wavepackets
• Raman Scattering and Other Multiphoton Processes.