Manipulating quantum structures using laser pulses /

Manipulating quantum structures using laser pulses /

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Author / Creator:	Shore, Bruce W.
Imprint:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 572 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Nuclear excitation. Atomic structure. Coherent states. Perturbation (Quantum dynamics) Laser interferometry. Atomic structure. Coherent states. Laser interferometry. Nuclear excitation. Perturbation (Quantum dynamics) Electronic book.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11827548

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ISBN:	9781139159234 1139159232 9780511675713 0511675712 9781139161282 1139161288 9781139154673 1139154672 9781139157469 1139157469 9781139157469 1283342375 9781283342377 9780521763578 0521763576
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Presents the theory of quantum-state manipulation and equations which can be applied to complicated multilevel quantum systems, for researchers.
Other form:	Print version: Shore, Bruce W. Manipulating Quantum Structures Using Laser Pulses. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2011 9780521763578
Standard no.:	9786613342379 6944188

Table of Contents:

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.