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880-01 Front Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Preface; About the Author; Chapter 1: Metrology; Chapter 2: Preliminaries; Chapter 3: Atoms; Chapter 4: Nucleus; Chapter 5: Resonance; Chapter 6: Interaction; Chapter 7: Multiphoton; Chapter 8: Coherence; Chapter 9: Lineshapes; Chapter 10: Spectroscopy; Chapter 11: Cooling and Trapping; Appendix A: Standards; Appendix B: What Is a Photon?; Appendix C: Einstein as Armchair Detective: The Case of Stimulated Radiation; Appendix D: Frequency Comb; Back Cover |
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880-01/(S Machine generated contents note: A. Measurement systems -- MKS units -- SI units (and why Gaussian units are better) -- B. Universal units and fundamental constants -- C. Atomic units -- Fine structure constant -- D. Problems -- Atomic units for E and B fields -- Unit of charge -- Universal units (Planck units) -- A. Classical harmonic oscillator -- Not driven: -- i. Strong damping -- ii. Critical damping -- iii. Weak damping -- Driven with weak damping: -- i. Amplitude -- ii. Phase -- iii. Power -- Harmonically bound electron -- Coupled oscillators -- B. Quantum harmonic oscillator -- Energy eigenstates -- Time dependence -- Quantum uncertainties -- C. Coherent states -- Definition and properties -- Time evolution -- Coherent states have minimum uncertainty -- Phase space behavior -- D. Squeezed states -- Hyperbolic transform of the HO Hamiltonian -- Squeezed vacuum -- Classical squeezing by FM at 2ωo -- Generating squeezed light: -- i. Parametric down conversion -- ii. Four-wave mixing -- Balanced homodyne detector -- E. Radiation -- Field modes are classical oscillators -- Quantization -- Zero-point energy and fields -- Casimir effect -- F. Problems -- electron on a spring -- Quantum harmonic oscillator -- Damping in a driven harmonic oscillator -- Squeezing operators -- Squeezed states -- Size of zero-point energy -- A. Spectroscopic notation -- B. Energy levels of one-electron atoms -- Bohr atom -- Radial Schrödinger equation for central potentials -- Radial equation for hydrogen -- One-electron atoms with cores [--] Quantum defect: -- i. Phenomenology -- ii. Explanation -- C. Interaction with magnetic fields -- Magnetic moment of circulating charge -- Intrinsic electron spin and moment -- Spin-orbit interaction -- Landé vector model of gj [--] Weak field -- D. Atoms in static electric fields [--] Stark effect -- Restrictions due to parity -- Stationary perturbation theory: -- i. First order -- ii. Second order -- iii. Third order -- DC polarizability and dipole moment -- Beyond the quadratic Stark effect -- Field ionization -- E. Permanent atomic electric dipole moment (EDM) -- EDM implies P and T violation -- Experimental method -- F. Atoms in oscillating electric fields -- AC polarizability -- Oscillator strength expression for polarizabilities -- Susceptibility and index of refraction: -- i. Causality and the Kramers[--]Kronig relations -- Level shifts [--]The AC Stark effect -- G. Strong oscillating fields [--] Dressed atoms -- problem -- solution -- Time dependence -- Eigenenergies versus field strength at fixed detuning -- Eigenenergies versus detuning at fixed strength -- Atom plus field basis states -- Spectrum of fluorescence from dressed atoms -- H. Problems -- Quantum defect -- Classical electron bound by a harmonic potential -- Oscillator strength -- Dressed atoms -- A. Isotope effects -- Mass effect -- Volume effect -- B. Hyperfine structure -- Magnetic dipole -- Electric quadrupole -- Order-of-magnitude of hyperfine structure -- Zeeman shift in weak magnetic field -- Decoupling of hyperfine interaction by magnetic field -- Hyperfine anomaly -- C. Problems -- Hyperfine coupling investigated -- A. Introduction -- Resonance measurements and QED -- Experimental precision -- B. Magnetic resonance -- Classical motion of magnetic moment in a static B field -- Rotating coordinate transformation -- Larmor's theorem -- Motion in a rotating B field: -- i. On-resonance behavior -- ii. Off-resonance behavior -- Adiabatic rapid passage and the Landau-Zener crossing: -- i. Quantum treatment -- C. Magnetic resonance of quantized spin 1/2 -- Pauli spin matrices -- Expectation value of quantized moment -- Rabi transition probability -- Wavefunctions for quantized spin 1/2* -- Separated oscillatory fields [--] SOF -- D. Resonance in a two-state system -- Rotating wave approximation -- Isomorphism with spin 1/2 in a magnetic field -- E. Density matrix -- General results -- Density matrix for a two-state system -- Phenomenological treatment of relaxation [--] Bloch equations -- F. Resonance of a realistic two-state system -- Steady-state solution -- Free induction decay -- Damping of Rabi probability -- G. Problems -- RF-induced magnetic transitions -- Rabi transition probability -- Steady-state solution for two-level system -- A. Interaction of EM radiation with atoms -- Hamiltonian -- Electric dipole approximation [--] E1* -- Higher approximations -- B. Selection rules and angular distribution -- General -- Electric dipole radiation -- Higher-order processes -- C. Transition rates -- Saturated and unsaturated rates -- Rates for monochromatic excitation -- Cross-section for absorption -- Rates for broadband excitation -- D. Spontaneous emission -- Thermal equilibrium [--] Einstein A (emission) and B (absorption) coefficients -- Quantum mechanical expression for spontaneous decay rate -- E. Order-of-magnitude of spontaneous emission -- Electric dipole radiation -- Electric quadrupole radiation -- Magnetic dipole radiation -- F. Saturation intensities -- Closed systems: -- i. Broadband radiation -- ii. Monochromatic radiation -- Open systems -- G. Problems -- Classical scattering in 2D -- Rabi frequency from matrix element -- Transitions in Na and H -- A. Two-photon absorption -- General considerations -- Final-state amplitude from perturbation theory -- Transition rate -- B. Two-photon de-excitation processes -- Two-photon stimulated emission -- One stimulated and one spontaneous photon -- C. Raman processes -- General -- Stimulated Raman scattering -- Spontaneous Raman scattering -- Raman scattering cross-section -- D. Dressed atom for multiphoton processes -- Two-photon absorption -- Raman scattering -- E. Problems -- Magnitude of Raman scattering cross-section -- A. Coherence in single atoms -- Quantum beats -- Level crossing -- Double resonance -- B. Coherence in localized ensembles -- Superradiance: -- i. Qualitative discussion -- ii. For 2 two-level systems -- iii. For N two-level systems -- Spin echoes -- C. Coherence in extended ensembles -- Phase matching -- Intensity for finite mismatch -- Examples: -- i. Degenerate four-wave mixing -- ii. Generation of UV radiation -- D. Mixed examples -- Echoes in extended media: -- i. Spin echo in an extended sample -- ii. Echoes in multilevel atoms -- Strong superradiance in extended samples -- E. Coherent control in multilevel atoms -- Coherent population trapping [--] CPT -- Electromagnetically induced transparency [--] EIT -- EIT in a Λ system -- Role of dressed state interference in EIT -- EIT vs. CPT -- EIT in a LIE system -- EIT in a V system -- F. Other effects in coherent control -- Optical rotation -- Electromagnetically induced absorption [--] ETA -- G. Problems -- Quantum beats -- Hanle effect -- Dicke superradiance -- Spin echoes in extended media -- A. Low-intensity and simple collisions -- Homogeneous vs |
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Metrology Measurement systems Universal units and fundamental constants Atomic units Preliminaries Classical harmonic oscillator Quantum harmonic oscillator Coherent states Squeezed states Radiation Atoms Spectroscopic notation Energy levels of one electron atoms Interaction with magnetic fields Atoms in static electric fields-Stark effect Permanent atomic electric dipole moment (EDM) Atoms in oscillating electric fields Strong oscillating fields-Dressed atoms Nucleus Isotope effects Hyperfine structure Resonance Introduction Magnetic resonance Magnetic resonance of quantized spin Resonance in |
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"A Chapman & Hall book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Atoms.
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Physics.
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physics.
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- Quantum Theory.
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Atoms
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Physics
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1482242044 |
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9781482242041 |
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9781482242065 |
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1482242060 |
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9781482242058 |
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1482242052 |
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