Using lasers to measure pollutants

In recent years, a large number of linear and nonlinear laser-based diagnostic techniques for detection of pollutions in different environments have been developed. Applications of laser spectroscopy constitute a vast field, which is difficult to cover comprehensively in a review. Due to that here are presented only a few spectroscopic methods, chosen to illustrate the power of applied laser spectroscopy in environmental pollution investigation. The paper also gives a brief presentation of main laser spectroscopy methods.