Spectroscopy
is the study of the interaction between matter and electromagnetic radiation.
Historically, spectroscopy originated through the study of visible light
dispersed according to its wavelength, by a prism. Later the concept was
expanded greatly to include any interaction with radiative energy as a function
of its wavelength or frequency, predominantly in the electromagnetic spectrum,
though matter waves and acoustic waves can also be considered forms of
radiative energy; recently, with tremendous difficulty, even gravitational
waves have been associated with a spectral signature in the context of LIGO and
laser interferometry. Spectroscopic data are often represented by an emission
spectrum, a plot of the response of interest as a function of wavelength or
frequency.
In the present book, fifteen typical
literatures about spectroscopy published on international authoritative
journals were selected to introduce the worldwide newest progress, which
contains reviews or original researches on electromagnetic spectrum, acoustic
wave, emission spectrum, biomedical spectroscopy, wavelength, etc. We hope this
book can demonstrate advances in spectroscopy as well as give
references to the researchers, students and other related people.