The 6th International Conference on Laser Probing (LAP2012) had been held in Paris at the Institut Henri Poincaré. It highlighted the state of the art in Laser Probing and reinforced the common ground and synergies among the different actors in the field. The Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay and the Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds in Caen had been in charge of the organization of this event, co-sponsored by the Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules (IN2P3) and the Laboratory Physique des 2 Infinis et des Origines (P2IO).Previously published as special issue of Hyperfine Interactions, vol. 216, 1-3. | LAP 2012 by David Verney, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters