Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Science -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- Part I Overview -- Part II Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Science: Today and Tomorrow -- 1 Case Studies in AMO Science -- LASERS: FROM BASIC RESEARCH TO NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND NEW INDUSTRIES -- MANIPULATING ATOMS: NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW -- Laser Trapping and Cooling of Atoms and Ions: Particle Optics -- Optical Tweezers and the Biosciences -- BUCKYBALLS AND CARBON NANOTECHNOLOGY: SURPRISING NEW MATERIALS FROM SMALL SCIENCE -- 2 Recent Major Advances and Opportunities in AMO Science and Applications to the Needs of Society -- THE NATION'S SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE BASE -- Recent Discoveries and Future Opportunities in AMO Science -- Fundamental Laws and Symmetries -- Cavity Electrodynamics and Micromasers -- Highly Perturbed Atoms in Intense Laser and Microwave Fields -- Transient States of Atomic Systems and Collision Dynamics -- New Insights into Molecular Dynamics -- Clusters -- Physics of Nonlinear Optics -- Laser Cooling and Trapping -- Interactions with Surfaces -- Enabling Other Fields of Science -- Astrophysics -- Space Science -- Atmospheric and Environmental Science -- Plasma Physics -- Exotic Atoms and Nuclear Physics -- Surface and Condensed Matter Physics -- Biosciences-Mapping the Human Genome -- THE NATION'S MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY -- Measurement Standards -- Measurement and Instrumentation -- AMO in Measurement and Sensing for Industry -- THE NATION'S TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND U.S. ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY, COMPETITIVE POSITION, AND... -- Industrial Technology, Manufacturing, and Processing -- Lasers in Manufacturing -- Plasma Processing of Materials -- Chemical Manufacturing -- Information Technology, High-Performance Computing, and Communications -- The Erbium-Doped Fiber-Optic Amplifier.

Optical Data Storage -- Energy -- Energy Production -- Efficient Use of Energy -- Global Change -- Defense -- Weapons Systems and Delivery -- Remote Sensing -- Countermeasures -- C3-Communication, Command, and Control -- Health and Medical Technology -- Medicine -- Radiation and Health Physics -- Design of Bioactive Molecules (Pharmaceuticals) -- Space Technology -- Measurement and Sensing -- Spacecraft Navigation and Communication -- Transportation -- Aviation -- Ground Transportation -- 3 Education and Human Resources -- SCIENCE EDUCATION -- K-12 Education -- Undergraduate and Graduate Education -- HUMAN RESOURCES IN AMO SCIENCE -- Present Situation -- PhD Production and Initial Employment -- Future Needs -- 4 Funding and Infrastructure for Research and Development in AMO Science -- RESOURCES -- Federal Funding for Research in AMO Science -- National Science Foundation -- Department of Energy -- Department of Defense Research Offices -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Total Funding from Federal Grants and Contracts -- Federal Laboratories -- National Institute of Standards and Technology -- Department of Energy Laboratories -- Department of Defense Laboratories -- INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES -- The Single Investigator -- Centers and Institutes -- User Facilities -- National Laboratories -- Other Infrastructure Issues -- Evolution of Subfields -- Theory -- Instrumentation -- Academic Culture -- Postdoctoral Associates/Researchers and PhD Employment -- Communication and Organization -- 5 Economic Impact of AMO Science -- 6 International Perspectives in AMO Science -- APPENDIXES -- A Nobel Prizes Awarded in AMO Science Since 1964 -- 1964 -- Nicolai Gennediyevich Basov -- Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov -- Charles H. Townes -- 1966 -- Alfred Kastler -- Robert S. Mulliken -- 1967 -- Ronald G.W. Norrish -- George Porter -- 1971.

Dennis Gabor -- Gerhard Herzberg -- 1976 -- William N. Lipscomb, Jr. -- 1981 -- Nicolaas Bloembergen -- Kenichi Fukui -- Roald Hoffmann -- Arthur L. Schawlow -- Kai M.B. Siegbahn -- 1986 -- Dudley R. Herschbach -- Yuan T. Lee -- John C. Polanyi -- Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer -- 1989 -- Hans G. Dehmelt -- Wolfgang Paul -- Norman F. Ramsey -- 1991 -- Richard R. Ernst -- 1992 -- Rudolph A. Marcus -- B Impact of AMO Science -- C Citation Analysis -- D Survey of AMO Scientists -- EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE -- RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AND TRENDS -- HUMAN RESOURCES AND DEMOGRAPHICS.