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Manipulating quantum structures using laser pulses /

Presents the theory of quantum-state manipulation and equations which can be applied to complicated multilevel quantum systems, for researchers.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shore, Bruce W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Atoms as structured particles
  • 3. Radiation
  • 4. The laser-atom interaction
  • 5. Picturing quantum structure and changes
  • 6. Incoherence: rate equations
  • 7. Coherence: the Schrödinger equation
  • 8. Two-state coherent excitation
  • 9. Weak pulse: perturbation theory
  • 10. The vector model
  • 11. Sequential pulses
  • 12. Degeneracy
  • 13. Three states
  • 14. Raman processes
  • 15. Multilevel excitation
  • 16. Averages and the statistical matrix (density matrix)
  • 17. Preparing superpositions
  • 18. Measuring superpositions
  • 19. Overall phase, interferometry and cyclic dynamics
  • 20. Atoms affecting fields
  • 21. Atoms in cavities
  • 22. Control and optimization.