Fifth International Conference on Laser Spectroscopy (Jasper Park Lodge, Canada, June 29–July 3, 1981)

A review is given of papers presented at the Fifth International Conference on Laser Spectroscopy. The main topics at the Conference were: fundamental applications of laser spectroscopy; applications of lasers in spectroscopy; double resonance; collisional phenomena; nonlinear processes; Rydberg states; methods for investigating unstable states; cooling, trapping, and control of motion of atoms and molecules; surfaces and solids; vacuum ultraviolet; development of new lasers.