edited by Hidetoshi Katori (The University of Tokyo, Japan) , Ken'ichi Nakagawa (University of Electro-Communications, Japan) , Hitoki Yoneda (University of Electro-Communications, Japan) , & Fujio Shimizu (University of Electro-Communications, Japan)

The XIX International Conference on Laser Spectroscopy, one of the leading conferences in the very diverse and still growing field of laser spectroscopy, was held in Hokkaido, Japan, on June 7–12, 2009. This volume, comprising a collection of invited contributions presented at the conference, will report on the latest developments in the area of laser spectroscopy and related fields: cold atoms and molecules, degenerate quantum gases, quantum optics, quantum information processing, precision measurements, atomic clock, ultra-fast lasers and strong field phenomena, and novel spectroscopic applications.

• Degenerate Quantum Gases:
  • Anderson Localization
  • Dipolar Bose-Einstein Condensates with Spin Degrees of Freedom
• Cold Atoms and Molecules:
  • Ultracold Polar Molecules in the Rovibrational Ground State
• Precision Measurements:
  • Metastable Helium: Lifetime Measurements Using Cold Atoms as a Test of QED
• Atomic Clocks:
  • Optical Lattice Clock
• Quantum Information:
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Information with Trapped Ions
• New Laser Sources:
  • XUV Frequency Comb Spectroscopy of Helium