Optically polarized atoms : understanding light-atom interactions /

Optically polarized atoms : understanding light-atom interactions /

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Author / Creator:	Auzinsh, Marcis.
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 376 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Atoms. Physical optics. Polarization (Light) Atoms. Physical optics. Polarization (Light) Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11283943

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Other authors / contributors:	Budker, Dmitry. Rochester, Simon.
ISBN:	9780191576546 0191576549 9780199565122 0199565120
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 360-367) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	This book is addressed at upper-level undergraduate and graduate students involved in research in atomic, molecular, and optical Physics. It will also be useful to researchers practising in this field. It gives an intuitive, yet sufficiently detailed and rigorous introduction to light-atom interactions with a particular emphasis on the symmetry aspects of the interaction, especially those associated with the angular momentum of atoms and light. The book will enable readers to carryout practical calculations on their own, and is richly illustrated with examples drawn from current research topic.
Other form:	Print version: Auzinsh, Marcis. Optically polarized atoms. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010 9780199565122
Standard no.:	9786612768163

Table of Contents:

List of acronyms; PART I: INTRODUCTION TO LIGHT-ATOM INTERACTIONS; PART II: ADVANCED TOPICS; Appendix A: Constants, units, and notations; Appendix B: Units of energy, frequency, and wavelength; Appendix C: Reference data for hydrogen and the alkali atoms; Appendix D: Classical rotations; Appendix E: Nonlinear magneto-optical rotation with hyperfine structure; Appendix F: The Atomic Density Matrix software package; Bibliography; Index.