Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy: Principles and Applications

Light is the essential source of information about the surrounding world for most of us. We see objects of different brightness and colours, or, in scientific terms, we distinguish objects by the way they reffect light of different wa- lengths with varying efficiency. It was exciting for both of us to learn that scientific instruments can expand our senses and provide information from this very same radiation that goes far beyond the simple recognition of - jects. Theabilityto“see”thecompos...