Optically polarized atoms: understanding light-atom interactions

An accessible textbook for students and practitioners of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. It will be useful for scientists working with lasers. The book comes with an extensive freely downloadable software package and many colourful and animated illustrations. Additional materials are available for instructors. INDICE: I: INTRODUCTION TO LIGHT-ATOM INTERACTIONS; 1: Introduction; 2:Atomic States; 3: A bit of angular-momentum theory; 4: Atoms in external electric and magnetic fields; 5: Polarized atoms; 6: Polarized light; 7: Atomic transitions; 8: Coherence in atomic systems; 9: Optical pumping; 10: Light-atom interaction observed in transmitted light; II: ADVANCED TOPICS; 11: Nonlinear magneto-optical rotation; 12: Perturbative analysis of light-atom interactions; 13: Polarization effects in transitions with partially resolved hyperfine structure; 14: The effect of hyperfine splitting on nonlinear magneto-optical rotation; 15: Spectral properties of excitation light; ground-state coherence effects revisited; 16: Collapse and revival in quantum beats; 17: Nuclear quadrupole resonance and alignment-to-orientation conversion; 18: Selective addressing of high-rank polarization moments; 19: Tensor structure of the DC- and AC-Stark polarizabilities; 20: Photoionization of polarized atoms with polarized light; Appendix A Constants, units and notations; Appendix B Units of energy, frequency and wavelength; Appendix C Reference data for hydrogen and the alkaliatoms; Appendix D Nonlinear magneto-optical rotation with hyperfine structure; Appendix E The Atomic Density Matrix software package

• ISBN: 978-0-19-956512-2
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 400
• Fecha Publicación: 22/07/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés