I Environmental and Trace Analysis, Agricultural, Biological, and Medical Applications.- Exploration of FTIR-Based PAS for On-Site Analysis of Volatile Contaminants in Air.- Photothermal Electrostatics of the Pd-PVDF Photopyroelectric Hydrogen Gas Sensor.- Photoacoustic Spectra of Chlorinated Ethylenes at CO2 Laser Frequencies.- The Photothermal Deflection Technique (PDT): Fast Trace Gas Detection in the Atmosphere.- Photoacoustic Measurement of Vertical Ammonia Gradients in the Atmosphere.- Interfacing Photoacoustic and Photothermal Techniques for New Hyphenated Methodologies and Instrumentation Suitable for Agricultural, Environmental and Medical Applications.- Photoacoustic In Situ Monitoring of Trace Gases in a Rural Environment.- Photoacoustic Field Measurements of Methane.- A Liquid Nitrogen Cooled CO Laser in a Photoacoustic Set-Up Monitors Low Gas Concentrations.- Photothennal Detection of Trace Chemicals by Fiber-Optic Interferometric Probe.- Fiber Optic Modified Laser Induced Photoacoustic Spectroscopy for the Detection of Organic Pollutants in Solutions.- Remote Photothermal Deflection Spectroscopy for Trace Analysis of Pesticides in Aqueous Solutions.- Laser Optoacoustic Probing of Biopolymer Solutions.- Photoacoustic Spectroscopy of Proteins in the Visible: Human Serum Albumin.- Photoacoustic Measurements of C2H4 Production and Entrapment in Plants: A Comparison with Gas-Chromatographic Results.- Interpretation of the Photoacoustic Effect on Leaves by Evolution and Transport of Heat and Oxygen.- Photoacoustically Monitored Energy Dissipation and Xanthophyll Cycle Compared in Two Durum Wheat Varieties Exposed to a High-Light Treatment.- Deconvolution of Photobaric and Photothermal Signals from Spinach Leaves.- In Vivo State Transitions as Followed by Photoacoustically Measured Energy Storage.- Laser-Induced Optoacoustic Spectroscopy (LIOAS) of Bacteriorhodopsin (BR): A Mathematical Model and Temperature Studies.- Sub-ps and ns Laser-Induced Optoacoustic Spectroscopy (LIOAS) of Bacteriorhodopsin (BR).- Fourier Transform Infrared Photoacoustic Spectra of Bacteria.- New and Versatile Method for Thermophysical Characterization of Materials: The Inverse Photopyroelectric Technique.- Use of an Open Photoacoustic Cell for some Applications in Agriculture.- In Vivo Evaluation of the Human Skin Permeation of Topically Applied Light Absorbing Agents by a Mirage Effect Spectrometer.- Optothermal Characterisation of Human Skin.- II Spectroscopy.- Standard Versus New Photopyroelectric (PPE) Techniques: Reflection (RPPE) and Inverse (IPPE) Configurations.- A Tutorial on the State-of-the Art of FTIR Photoacoustic Spectroscopy.- Transient Infrared Spectroscopy.- Photoacoustic Spectra of Polymer Fibres and Textile Materials.- Study of Absorption Properties of Dark Coloured Textile Fabrics.- Photoacoustic Response to X-Ray Absorption in CuO and Cu2O.- Photoacoustic Response to X-Ray Absorption in Copper, Phosphor Bronze, and Brass.- Theory of the Photoacoustic Effect in Photoactive Samples.- Photoacoustic Detection of Triplet State and Singlet Oxygen.- Origin of Photoacoustic Signals in the Visible Spectrum of I2 Vapour.- Fourier Transform Infrared Photoacoustic Spectroscopy of Amorphous Carbon Films.- An Excitation Energy Transfer Between Monomer and Dimer of Rhodamine 6G in a Viscous Solution.- Vibrational Spectroscopy of Monolayers by Pulsed Photothermal Beam Deflection (PBD).- Reverse Mirage Photothermal Beam Deflection: Theory and Experiment.- Piezophotoacoustic Spectroscopy of Gyrotropic Layered Structures.- Photoacoustic Signal Generation and Spectra of Powders.- III Non-Destructive Evaluation and Material Characterization.- Recent Developments in the Thermal Diffusivity Measurements of Diamond Materials.- Photoacoustic Study of the Thermal Effusivity of Cellulose and Paper.- Photoacoustic Characterization of Calcinated and Non-Calcinated Zeolitic Chromosilicate.- Photoacoustic Depth Profiling of Continuously Inhomogeneous Condensed Phases and Application to the Liquid Crystal Octylcyanobiphenyl (8 CB).- Computer Simulation of the Thermal Diffusivity Measurements of Oriented Polymer Samples Using the Mirage Effect.- The Determination of Thermal Diffusivity of Oriented Polymer Films Means of Optical Beam Deflection.- Photothermal Measurement of Temperature Dependent Absorbance of Infrared Components.- Numerical Analysis of Simultaneous Surface and Subsurface Features in Homogeneous Solids and in Coatings by the Mirage Technique.- Dichroic Ratio and Thermal Diffusivity Measurements on Polydiacetylene Single Crystal Films by Photothermal Probe Beam Deflection.- Photothermal Analysis of Layered Materials Under Random Excitation.- Opto-Thermal Study of Glass Properties.- Non-Invasive Opto-Thermal Measurement of Clear Lacquer Coating Thickness.- Thermal Characterization of Low Thermal Diffusivity Glasses.- Temperature Dependence of Photothermally Modulated FMR Signals: Investigation of Magnetostatic Modes in Yttrium Iron Garnet Films.- Analytical Relations Between the Phase of the Photothermal Signal and the Thermal Wavelength.- A Highly Sensitive Photothermal Method for Measuring the Optical Losses in the Mirrors of the Gravitational Antenna Virgo.- Effect of Photoelasticity on Photothermal Beam Deflection in Transparent Solids.- Contrast Analysis in Thermal Wave Materials Inspection. Part I: Pulsed Excitation.- Contrast Analysis in Thermal Wave Materials Inspection. Part II: Periodic Excitation.- Transient Thermal Wave Scattering from Disc Air Gap Defects in Homogeneous Media.- Dimensionality Viewed from a Thermal Perspective.- Thickness Determination for Two-Layer Systems of Paint on Polymers with Photothermal Radiometry.- Thermal Diffusivity Measurement of Diamond Materials.- IV Ultrasound and Kinetics, Including Ultrafast Phenomena.- Femtosecond Thermoreflectivity.- Photoacoustic Waveforms Generated by Fluid Bodies.- Study of Chemical Relaxation of Dimeric Formic Acid by Photoacoustic Resonance Spectroscopy.- Characterization of Chemical Reactions by. Thermal Lens Spectrometry.- Methane Vibrational Rates from Deconvoluting a Large Data Set with Varying Pressure, Buffer Gases, Temperature, Signal-to-Noise Ratio, and Instrumental Response.- New Aspects of Sound Generation by Light Absorption in Gases.- Photoacoustic Studies of Non-Radiative Energy Transfer in the Flexible Styrylcyanine-Rhodamine B Dye System.- Material Characterization by Interferometric Detection of Acoustically Induced Surface Displacements.- An Optical Calorimeter Based on an Ultrasonic Resonator.- Optoacoustic Source as a Tool for the Investigation of Nonlinear Acoustic Effects.- Nonlinear Photoeffect at the Boundary of a Semiconductor and Liquid Helium.- Probe Beam Detection of IR and UV Laser Polymer Ablation on the Nanosecond Time Scale.- Picosecond Photoacoustics in Thin Films of SiO2 and Si3N4.- Nonlinear Regimes of Longitudinal Acoustic Pulse Excitation in Piezocrystals by Ultrashort Laser Action.- Pulsed Ultrasonic Spectroscopy Based on Laser Thermooptical Generation.- Optical Observation of Laser Induced Lamb Wave Dispersion.- Precision Measurement of Laser Induced Surface Acoustic Wave Velocities on Silicon Single Crystals.- Photoelastic Law Explains Optically Induced Changes in the Index of Refraction in Ti3+:Al2O3.- On the Possibility of Rayleigh-Type Surface Acoustic Waves Excitation at Frequencies up to 10-100 GHz by Laser Action on a Normally Cut Superlattice.- Some Applications of SAW Pulses Photogenerated in Silicon.- Broad-Band Detection of Laser Excited Surface Acoustic Wave Pulses by a Novel Transducer Employing Ferroelectric Polymers.- Optoacoustic Investigation of IR Absorption by Diffraction Gratings.- V Electronic Materials and Semiconductors.- Competition Between Thermal and Plasma Waves for the Determination of Electronic Parameters in Semiconductor Samples.- Photoacoustic Calibration of Silicon Photodiodes.- The Comparative Study of Semiconductor Structures Using Simultaneous Detection of Photoacoustic Signal and Photovoltage.- Photoacoustic Characterization of Ion-Implantation Damage in Silicon.- Photoacoustic Effect in CdS Under Combined Optical Exposure.- Electron-Induced Ionization and Thermalization in CdS Using Optical Beam Deflection Imaging.- Topography of Integrated Circuits Detected by Phase Selection in Modulated Optical Reflectance Microscopy.- Nonlinear Response of Modulated Photoreflectance in Silicon.- Photomodulated Optical-Reflectance Studies of Germanium: Diagnostic Separation of Temperature and Free-Carrier Effects.- Surface Characterization by Modulated Photoreflectance.- Solar Cells Studied with Modulated Reflectance.- Application of the Photothermal Beam Deflection Technique to the Measurement of Si Thermal and Electronic Parameters.- Spatially Resolved Determination of Photogenerated Temperature and Excess Carrier Distribution in GaAsP.- Subgap Photothermal Deflection Spectroscopy of Silicon Wafers.- Theory of Pulsed Photothermal Beam Deflection Signal Formation in Semiconductors.- Photothermal Deflection Spectroscopy Study of the Effect of Ion Dose on the Subgap Absorption of Defects in Ion Implanted Layers of GaAs and Si.- Influence of Carrier Recombination on the Pulsed Photothermal Beam Deflection Signal in Semiconductors.- Thermal Diffusivity Measurements in Semiconductors - Influence of the Carrier Diffusion and Recombination.- Low Frequency, Photothermal Measurement of Transport Properties of Crystalline Solar Cells.- Photothermal Characterization of Materials Suitable for Thin Film Solar Cells.- Photothermal Deflection Spectroscopy and Electron Spin Resonance in Amorphous Silicon Based Alloys.- Single Frequency Thermal Diffusivity Measurements in Semiconductors by Photothermal Deflection Spectroscopy.- Reflection and Transmission of Thermal Waves and Plasma Waves in Silicon Wafers.- Out-of-Phase Photopyroelectric (PPE) Spectroscopy on Amorphous Semiconductors.- Electron Acoustic Microscopy of Defects in Plastically Deformed Si Crystals.- Nonlinear Photoacoustic Effect in Semiconductors: Second Harmonic Wave Behavior.- VI New Topics, Experimental Techniques and Instrumentation.- Some Theoretical and Experimental Aspects of Photothermal Imaging.- Photoacoustic and Photothermal Investigations of Thin Films.- Signal Enhancement and Noise Suppression Considerations in Photothermal Spectroscopy.- Analytical Thermal Lens Spectrometry: Past, Present and Future Prospects.- Stimulated Spectroscopic Ellipsometry and Imaging in the Space, Time and Frequency Domain: A New Photothermal Probe.- Photothermal Induced Frequency Conversion of a Double Modulated Laser Beam in Layer Structures.- Cavity-Enhanced Photothermal Spectroscopy: A Tool for High Sensitivity Experiments.- A New Differential Probe System for the Detection of Thermal and Plasma Waves.- Pulsed Photoacoustic Technique for the Measurement of Laser Damage Threshold in Bulk Polymers.- Depth Profiling of Polymer Laminates Step-Scan Fourier Transform Infrared Photoacoustic Spectroscopy.- Methodical Studies of the Alignment Problem and Data Filtering in Photothermal Beam Deflection Experiments.- Nondestructive Testing of Electric Contacts by Time-Resolved Infrared Radiometry.- Radiometric Detection of Small-Amplitude Thermal Waves Between 500 K and 1000 K.- Photothermal Imaging of Electric Current Distributions in Thin Metallic Films.- Induction Heating as a Selective Heat Source in Fast Thermal Non-Destructive Evaluation.- Competition Between Normal and Transverse Heat Flow in Time-Resolved Infrared Radiometry (TRIR).- Real Time Thermal Wave Tomography.- A Quantitative Analysis of Pulsed Video Thermographic Imaging of Subsurface Defects.- Photodeflection and Interferometric Methods in Thermal Wave Spectroscopy and Microscopy of Solids.- Photodeflection Signal Formation from Solids Within the Framework of Wave Optics.- Pulsed Laser-Induced Temperature Changes Measured by the Photothermal Deformation Technique.- Measurement of Thermal Diffusivities Using Transient Thermal Gratings.- Measurement of the Thermal Radial Diffusivity of Anisotropic Materials by the Converging Thermal Wave Technique - Application to NDE: First Results in the Detection of Normal Cracks.- Optimization of a Mirage Setup for Thermal Diffusivity Measurements.- Inversion of Pulsed Thermal Wave Images for Recovery of the Shape of the Object.- Energy Dependent Characteristics of Optoacoustic Pulses Measured by Optical Probe.- Photopyroelectric Thermal Wave Spatial and Depth Resolved Imaging with Ray Optic Tomographic Reconstruction.- Evaluation of Magnetic Disk Heads by Photoacoustic Microscope.- Rate-Window Transient Thermomodulation Spectrometry: Technique and Measurements in Semiconductors.- Open Photoacoustic Cell Spectroscopy of Transparent Samples.- A Reliable Optothermal Sensor.- Transferable Measurement System for Fast Non-Destructive Evaluation.- High-Sensitivity Cell for Pulsed Photoacoustic Spectroscopy in Gases and Liquids.- Modification of a Conventional Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer for Enhanced Photoacoustic Detection.- Why Phase in Phase Fourier Transform Infrared Photoacoustic Spectroscopy?.- Photoacoustic Investigation of the Evaporation Resistance of Monomolecular Lipid Layers.- Photoacoustic Detection of Temperature Phenomena in Beeswax.- Three Dimensional Acoustical Modelling of Resonant Photoacoustic Cells.- Photoacoustic Signal Generation in a Long Open Tube.- Dependence of the Photoacoustic Cell Constant on the Sample Gas.- Characterisation of a Photochromic Triarylmethane Dye Sulphite and Its Application to the Visualisation of Water Flows.- Photorefractive Lock-In Amplifier and Thermal Wave Microscope.- Neural Networks in the Framework of Non-Destructive Evaluation from Photothermal Experiments.- Pulsed Laser Machining by Training Artificial Neural Networks with the Help of the Thermal Diffusion Equation.- Raster Thermowave Technique of Laser Spectroscopy.- VII Phase Transitions, Heat and Mass Transfer.- Photothermal Study of Heat Conduction, Diffusion, and Sorption in Thin Films and Porous Materials.- Analysis of Photothermal Sensitivity in the Detection of Phase Transitions.- Laser Induced Photoacoustic Effect During Ferroelectric Phase Transitions.- A Nonlinearity in the Photoacoustic Effect at a First Order Phase Transition.- The Anomalous Behaviour of the PPE Signal in the Critical Region of a Phase Transition - New Support for the General Theoretical Model.- Photopyroelectric Study of a Phase Transition in Liquid Crystals.- Photopyroelectric (PPE) Detection of the Antiferromagnetic 3D-2D Phase Transition in Single Crystal La2CuO4.- Acousto-Thermal Detection of the Magnetocaloric Effect.- Physical Adsorption Detected by the Mirage Effect.- VIII Surfaces, Interfaces, Thin Films, and Heterogeneous Media.- Photothermal Detection at Surfaces and Interfaces: Developments in Non-Conventional Diagnostics.- Heat Diffusion at a Micronic Scale.- Photothermal Investigations of Realistic Interfaces.- Pulsed Photothermal Radiometry to Measure the Properties of Thin Layered Films.- Thermal Superdiffusion in the Vicinity of a Rough Surface.- Thermal Diffusivities of Thin Gold Films.- Photoacoustic Investigation of Thin Solid Films in Contact with Liquids.- In Situ Measurement of Thin Film Growth by Photothermal Induced Frequency Conversion.- Thermal Characterization of Thin Layers.- Photodeflection Method Applied to Loss Characterization of Channel Waveguides.- High Frequency Photothermal Reflectivity and Displacement Measurements on Thin Film Samples.- Photoacoustic Measurement of the Energy Absorption of a Pulsed Nd:YAG Laser at Cu and Al Surfaces.- Directivity Pattern of OA Signals Accompanying Laser Induced Damage of a Thin Cr Film.- Investigation of Surface Laser-Ablation Plumes Using High-Sensitivity Cavity-Enhanced Detection.- The Thermal Resistance of Grain Boundaries Determined by Modulated Optical Reflectance.- Determination of the Thickness, Density and Elastic Properties of Thin Films with Laser Generated Surface Acoustic Waves.- Macro-, Meso- and Microscopic Heat Diffusion in Ceramics.- Non-Destructive Evaluation of Microdefects in Ceramic Materials by Means of Photoacoustic Spectroscopy.- Anomalous Thermal Waves in Powdered Samples.- Index of Contributors.
