Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectroscopy Ii (Isbn 0124759793)(Academic Press, 1998), Samson And Ederer.pdf

PREFACE
In 1967 the book entitled, Techniques of Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectroscopy was
authored by one of us (JARS). Since then, vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) spec-
troscopy has e so broad a topic that it seemed impossible for one author to
give plete treatise on the subject. Thus, Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectroscopy,
which was originally published as volumes 31 and 32 in Experimental Methods
in the Physical Sciences, e to be pilation by many authors who are
experts on the various subjects contained within this reference. This edition
brings together the entire contents of those two volumes in a single paperback
book.
The use of synchrotron light sources was in its infancy in 1967 with perhaps a
half dozen sources operating internationally. A few hundred scientists used these
facilities, and at that time most of the vacuum ultraviolet research was conducted
with discharge laboratory sources. The availability of synchrotron radiation has
been the driving force that has produced the enormous growth of scientific
research utilizing the vacuum ultraviolet since the 1960's. The field grew stead-
ily through the next two decades as more and more scientists discovered how
photoelectron spectroscopy, for example, could be used with synchrotron radia-
tion to elucidate the electronic properties of solids, thin films on surfaces, and
gases. The research rapidly extended into the x-ray region of the spectrum as sci-
entists made use of extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) to pinpoint
atomic structure and learned how effectively a bright x-ray source can be used to
obtain x-ray diffraction spectra plex materials, such as biomolecules. Thus
the decade of the eighties became the proving ground for many applications of
synchrotron radiation to research extending over a nine decade spectral range
from the far infrared to the hard x-ray region.
The decade of the ies has e the decade of the "third generation"