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Atom-photon interactions

By Claude Cohen-Tannoudji , Jacques Dupont-Roc , Gilbert Grynberg

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-VCH
Year
1998
ISBN
9780471293361, 0471293369
ASIN
1
LCC
QC794.8.P4 C6413 1992
Open Library ID
OL1559548M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
4 MB (4413328 bytes)
Series
Wiley Science Paperback Series
Pages
678\678
Library
Kolxoz dop KVKftp
DPI
300
Time added
2009-10-26 15:40:52

Description

Atom-Photon Interactions: Basic Processes and Applications allows the reader to master various aspects of the physics of the interaction between light and matter. It is devoted to the study of the interactions between photons and atoms in atomic and molecular physics, quantum optics, and laser physics. The elementary processes in which photons are emitted, absorbed, scattered, or exchanged between atoms are treated in detail and described using diagrammatic representation. The book presents different theoretical approaches, including: * Perturbative methods * The resolvent method * Use of the master equation * The Langevin equation * The optical Bloch equations * The dressed-atom approach Each method is presented in a self-contained manner so that it may be studied independently. Many applications of these approaches to simple and important physical phenomena are given to illustrate the potential and limitations of each method.

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