Lectures on Light: Nonlinear and Quantum Optics using the Density Matrix

Stephen Rand (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2015
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-871673-0 (ISBN)

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This book bridges a gap between introductory optics texts and the vanguard of optical science, where light is used as a tool to probe the properties of new materials. A single mathematical tool is introduced that enables readers to understand laser tweezers, laser cooling, optical magnetism, squeezed light, and many other advanced topics.

This book attempts to bridge in one step the enormous gap between introductory quantum mechanics and the research front of modern optics and scientific fields that make use of light. Hence, while it is suitable as a reference for the specialist in quantum optics, it will also be useful to the non-specialists from other disciplines who need to understand light and its uses in research. With a unique approach it introduces a single analytic tool, namely the density matrix, to analyze complex optical phenomena encountered in traditional as well as cross-disciplinary research. It moves swiftly in a tight sequence from elementary to sophisticated topics in quantum optics, including laser tweezers, laser cooling, coherent population transfer, optical magnetism, electromagnetically induced transparency, squeezed light, and cavity quantum electrodynamics. A systematic approach is used that starts with the simplest systems - stationary two-level atoms - then introduces atomic motion, adds more energy levels, and moves on to discuss first-, second-, and third-order coherence effects that are the basis for analyzing new optical phenomena in incompletely characterized systems.
Unconventional examples and original problems are used to engage even seasoned researchers in exploring a mathematical methodology with which they can tackle virtually any new problem involving light. An extensive bibliography makes connections with mathematical techniques and subject areas which can extend the benefit readers gain from each section.

Stephen C. Rand worked at the Hughes research labs, Malibu, CA, from 1982 to 1987. He was Visiting Professor at the University of Grenoble in 1989, and at the Ecole Normale Superieure in 1994. He is now Director of the Nonlinear & Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy Laboratory, University of Michigan.

1. Basic Classical Concepts ; 2. Basic Quantum Mechanics ; 3. Atom-Field Interactions ; 4. Transient Optical Response ; 5. Coherent Interactions of Fields and Atoms ; 6. Quantized Fields and Coherent States ; 7. Selected Topics and Applications ; APPENDICES ; A. Expectation Values ; B. The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle ; C. The Classical Hamiltonian of Electromagnetic Interactions ; D. Stationary and Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory ; E. Second Quantization of Fermions ; F. Frequency Shifts and Decay due to Reservoir Coupling ; G. Solving for Off-diagonal Density Matrix Elements ; H. Irreducible Tensor Operators and Wigner-Eckart (W-E) Theorem ; I. Derivation of Effective Hamiltonians

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.12.2015
Zusatzinfo	94 b/w line illustrations
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	171 x 246 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Elektrodynamik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Optik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
ISBN-10	0-19-871673-7 / 0198716737
ISBN-13	978-0-19-871673-0 / 9780198716730
Zustand	Neuware