Principles of Laser Spectroscopy and Quantum Optics (eBook)

Paul R. Berman, Vladimir S. Malinovsky (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2010
544 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-3704-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Principles of Laser Spectroscopy and Quantum Optics is an essential textbook for graduate students studying the interaction of optical fields with atoms. It also serves as an ideal reference text for researchers working in the fields of laser spectroscopy and quantum optics. The book provides a rigorous introduction to the prototypical problems of radiation fields interacting with two- and three-level atomic systems. It examines the interaction of radiation with both atomic vapors and condensed matter systems, the density matrix and the Bloch vector, and applications involving linear absorption and saturation spectroscopy. Other topics include hole burning, dark states, slow light, and coherent transient spectroscopy, as well as atom optics and atom interferometry. In the second half of the text, the authors consider applications in which the radiation field is quantized. Topics include spontaneous decay, optical pumping, sub-Doppler laser cooling, the Heisenberg equations of motion for atomic and field operators, and light scattering by atoms in both weak and strong external fields. The concluding chapter offers methods for creating entangled and spin-squeezed states of matter. Instructors can create a one-semester course based on this book by combining the introductory chapters with a selection of the more advanced material. A solutions manual is available to teachers. Rigorous introduction to the interaction of optical fields with atoms Applications include linear and nonlinear spectroscopy, dark states, and slow light Extensive chapter on atom optics and atom interferometry Conclusion explores entangled and spin-squeezed states of matter Solutions manual (available only to teachers)

Autor

Paul R. Berman is professor of physics at the University of Michigan. Vladimir S. Malinovsky is a visiting professor in the Physics Department at Stevens Institute of Technology.

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: 96 line illus. 5 tables.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Elektrodynamik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Festkörperphysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Optik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Amplitude • Angular momentum • Approximation • Atom • atomic mass • Beam splitter • Bra–ket notation • Calculation • Cartesian coordinate system • circular polarization • coefficient • Coherent states • complex number • Conservation of Energy • Continuity equation • Correlation function • Correlation function (quantum field theory) • Dark state • Density Matrix • Dephasing • differential equation • diffraction • Dirac delta function • Doppler Effect • Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors • Electric dipole moment • Electric Field • energy level • Ensemble average (statistical mechanics) • Equation • Equations of motion • Excitation (magnetic) • excited state • Expectation value (quantum mechanics) • Fourier transform • Four-wave mixing • Frequency separation • Grating • ground state • Group velocity • Harmonic oscillator • hyperfine structure • Interferometry • Jaynes–Cummings model • Laser • laser cooling • Light Scattering • Magnetic field • Mass diffusivity • mass–energy equivalence • Maxwell–Bloch equations • Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution • Maxwell's equations • Measurement • Michelson Interferometer • Momentum operator • Natural Frequency • Nonlinear Optics • open quantum system • Optical field • optical lattice • Optical Pumping • Order of magnitude • Oscillation • Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics) • Phase diagram • Phase factor • Phase space • Phase (waves) • Photon • plane wave • Probability • probability amplitude • Quantity • quantum entanglement • Quantum fluctuation • quantum mechanics • Quantum Optics • quantum state • quantum superposition • quantum system • Rabi frequency • radiation pattern • Refractive index • scattering • Selection rule • Spectral density • spectroscopy • Spin (physics) • Spontaneous Emission • standing wave • Steady state • Time evolution • Transverse Mode • Unit vector • Variable (mathematics) • wave equation • wave function • Wavelength • Wave Packet
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-3704-9 / 1400837049
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-3704-5 / 9781400837045