Front Cover -- Spectroscopic Measurement: An Introduction to the Fundamental -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Nomenclature -- CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1 Spectroscopic Techniques -- 1.2 Overview of the Book -- 1.3 How to Use This Book -- 1.4 Concluding Remarks and Warnings -- CHAPTER 2. A BRIEF REVIEW OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Maxwellian Velocity Distribution -- 2.3 The Boltzmann Energy Distribution -- 2.4 Molecular Energy Distributions -- 2.5 Conclusions -- CHAPTER 3. THE EQUATION OF RADIATIVE TRANSFER -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Some Definitions -- 3.3 Development of the ERT -- 3.4 Implications of the ERT -- 3.5 Photon Statistics -- 3.6 Conclusions -- CHAPTER 4. OPTICAL ELECTROMAGNETICS -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Maxwell's Equations in Vacuum -- 4.3 Basic Conclusions from Maxwell's Equations -- 4.4 Material Interactions -- 4.5 Brief Mention of Nonlinear Effects -- 4.6 Irradiance -- 4.7 Conclusions -- CHAPTER 5. THE LORENTZ ATOM -- 5.1 Classical Dipole Oscillator -- 5.2 Wave Propagation Through Transmitting Media -- 5.3 Dipole Emission -- 5.4 Conclusions -- CHAPTER 6. CLASSICAL HAMILTONIAN DYNAMICS -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Overview of Hamiltonian Dynamics -- 6.3 Hamiltonian Dynamics and the Lorentz Atom -- 6.4 Conclusions -- CHAPTER 7. AN INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM MECHANICS -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Historical Perspective -- 7.3 Additional Components of Quantum Mechanics -- 7.4 Postulates of Quantum Mechanics -- 7.5 Conclusions -- CHAPTER 8. ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 The One-Electron Atom -- 8.3 Multi-Electron Atoms -- 8.4 Conclusion -- CHAPTER 9. MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Diatomic Molecules -- 9.3 Polyatomic Molecules -- 9.4 Conclusions -- CHAPTER 10. RESONANCE RESPONSE -- 10.1 Einstein Coefficients.

10.2 Oscillator Strengths -- 10.3 Absorption Cross-sections -- 10.4 Band Oscillator Strengths -- 10.5 Conclusions -- CHAPTER 11. LINE BROADENING -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 A Spectral Formalism -- 11.3 General Description of Optical Spectra -- 11.4 Homogeneous Broadening -- 11.5 Inhomogeneous Broadening -- 11.6 Combined Mechanisms: the Voigt Profile -- 11.7 Conclusions -- CHAPTER 12. POLARIZATION -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Polarization of the Resonance Response -- 12.3 Absorption and Polarization -- 12.4 Polarized Radiant Emission -- 12.5 Photons and Polarization -- 12.6 Conclusions -- CHAPTER 13. RAYLEIGH AND RAMAN SCATTERING -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Polarizability -- 13.3 Classical Molecular Scattering -- 13.4 Rayleigh Scattering -- 13.5 Raman Scattering -- 13.6 Conclusions -- CHAPTER 14. THE DENSITY MATRIX EQUATIONS -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Development of the DME -- 14.3 Interaction with an Electromagnetic Field -- 14.4 Multiple Levels and Polarization in the DME -- 14.5 Two-level DME in the Steady-state Limit -- 14.6 Conclusions -- Appendix A. Units -- Appendix B. Constants.