Atoms in electromagnetic fields /

This invaluable book presents papers written during the last 40 years by Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and his collaborators on various physical effects which can be observed on atoms interacting with electromagnetic fields. It consists of a personal selection of review papers, lectures given at schools, a...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cohen-Tannoudji, Claude, 1933-
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglês
Publicado em: Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, ©2004.
Edição:2nd ed.
Colecção:World Scientific series on atomic, molecular, and optical physics ; vol. 3.
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Sumário:
  • General Introduction; Contents; Section 1 Atoms in Weak Broadband Quasiresonant Light Fields Light Shifts
  • Linear Superpositions of Atomic Sublevels; Section 2 Atoms in Strong Radiofrequency Fields The Dressed Atom Approach in the Radiofrequency Domain; Section 3 Atoms in Intense Resonant Laser Beams The Dressed Atom Approach in the Optical Domain; Section 4 Photon Correlations and Quantum Jumps The Radiative Cascade of the Dressed Atom; Section 5 Atoms in High Frequency Fields or in the Vacuum Field Simple Physical Pictures for Radiative Corrections; Section 6 Atomic Motion in Laser Light.
  • Section 7 Sisyphus Cooling and Subrecoil CoolingSection 8 Lévy Statistics and Laser Cooling; Section 9 Bose-Einstein Condensation; Section 10 A Few Review Papers.