Laser Spectroscopy of Solids

In this volume we have attempted to present a concise survey of the spectroscopic properties of insulators as derived from the application of tunable laser spectro­ scopic techniques. As has been the case in gaseous atomic spectroscopy, the use of tunable lasers has allowed the extension and the refmement of optical measure­ ments in the condensed phases to unprecedented resolutions in the frequen...