More than two decades ago a laser‐based spectroscopic technique was developed that has since proved effective in solving problems no other spectroscopic method, conventional or laser based, can tackle. Known as resonance ionization spectroscopy, it has become a very useful tool for pure and applied research in physics and chemistry (see an example in figure 1), and it has found application in many other fields, including microelectronics, the Earth sciences and biomedicine.
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