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Laser control of atoms and molecules /
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- 1. Introduction
- Ways to control the emission of light
- From the control of light to the control of atoms and molecules
- On the aims of this book
- 2. Elementary radiative processes
- Spontaneous emission
- Stimulated absorption and emission
- Recoil effect and Doppler effect
- Resonant excitation of a two-level system free from relaxation
- Resonant excitation of a two-level system with relaxations
- Radiation-scattering processes
- 3. Laser velocity-selective excitation
- Doppler broadening of optical spectral lines
- Homogeneous broadening mechanisms
- Doppler-free saturation spectroscopy
- Ultrahigh spectral resolution
- 4. Optical orientation of atoms and nuclei
- Optical orientation of atoms
- Radio-frequency spectroscopy of optically oriented atoms
- Spin-exchange optical pumping
- Coherent effects and optically oriented atoms
- Applications of optically pumped atoms.
- 5. Laser cooling of atoms
- Introduction. History of ideas
- Laser radiation force on a two-level atom
- Quantum fluctuation effects. Temperature limits of laser cooling
- Doppler cooling
- Laser polarization gradient cooling below the Doppler limit
- Cooling below the recoil limit
- 6. Laser trapping of atoms
- Optical trapping
- Magnetic trapping
- Magnetooptical trapping
- Gravitooptical and near-field traps
- Optical trapping of cold atoms
- new tools for atomic physics
- 7. Atom optics
- Introduction. Matter waves
- Reflection of atoms by light
- Laser focusing of an atomic beam
- Diffraction of atoms
- Atom interferometry
- Atomic holography
- Towards atom nanooptics
- 8. From laser-cooled and trapped atoms to atomic and molecular quantum gases
- Introduction
- Bose
- Einstein condensation of atomic gases
- Fermi-degenerate quantum atomic gases
- Formation of ultracold molecules
- Molecular quantum gases.
- 9. Laser photoselective ionization of atoms
- Introduction
- Resonance excitation and ionization of atoms
- Photoionization detection of rare atoms and radioactive isotopes
- Laser photoionization separation of isotopes, isobars, and nuclear isomers
- 10. Multiphoton ionization of molecules
- Photoselective resonance ionization of molecules
- Resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) of molecules
- Laser desorption/ionization of biomolecules
- 11. Photoselective laser control of molecules via molecular vibrations
- Vibrationally mediated photodissociation of molecules via excited electronic states
- Basics of IR multiple-photon excitation/dissociation of polyatomic molecules in the ground state
- Characteristics of the IR MPE/D of polyatomic molecules
- Intermolecular selectivity of IR MPE/D for laser isotope separation
- Prospects for mode-selective MPE/D by IR femtosecond pulses
- 12. Coherent laser control of molecules
- Introduction to coherent optimal control
- Coherent control using wave packets
- Coherent control using quantum interference
- Optimal feedback control
- Coherent optimal control by tailored strong-field laser pulses
- Coherent control of large molecules in liquids
- Perspectives
- 13. Related topics: laser control of microparticles and free electrons
- Laser trapping of microparticles
- Laser control of free-electron motion
- 14. Concluding comments.