Coherent Nonlinear Optics : Recent Advances

M. S. Feld

ISBN 10: 3642814972 / ISBN 13: 9783642814976

Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Inhaltsangabe1. Coherent Nonlinear Optics.- 1.1 Introductory Comments.- References.- 2. Superradiance.- 2.1 Background Material.- 2.2 Physical Principles.- 2.3 Theoretical Treatments.- 2.3.1 Initiation of Superradiance: Quantized Field Treatment.- 2.3.2 Semiclassical Theory.- 2.4 Results of the Theory.- 2.4.1 Superradiance in the Ideal Limit.- 2.4.2 Influence of Quantum Fluctuations.- 2.4.3 Deviations from Ideal Behavior.- Finite Inversion Time.- Uniform Inversion: Cooperation Length.- Decay and Dephasing Times.- Feedback Initial Polarization.- Initial Polarization.- 2.4.4 Further Discussion of the Basic Assumptions.- Neglect of Interaction of Forward and Backward Waves.- Limitations of the Plane Wave Approximation.- 2.4.5 Point Sample Superradiance.- 2.5 Relation to Other Coherent Phenomena.- 2.5.1 Limited Superradiance.- 2.5.2 Transient Phenomena in Optically Thick Media.- 2.5.3 Stimulated and Superradiant Emission.- 2.6 Experiments.- 2.6.1 Experimental Observation of Superradiance.- 2.6.2 Recent Experimental Results.- 2.6.3 Comparison with Theory.- 2.7 Concluding Remarks.- 2.7.1 Applications.- 2.7.2 Summary.- References.- 3. Coherence in High Resolution Spectroscopy.- 3.1 Coherent Phenomena in Resonant Processes.- 3.2 Coherent Phenomena in Saturated Absorption Spectroscopy.- 3.2.1 Standing Wave.- 3.2.2 Probe Wave Resonances.- Oppositely Traveling Waves.- Unidirectional Waves.- High-Frequency Stark Effect on Doppler Broadened Transitions.- Spectroscopic Applications. Measurement of Relaxation Constants.- Study of Level Structures and Separation of Weak Lines.- Optical Instability. Generation Stability.- Recoil Effect.- 3.2.3 Influence of Collisions on Coherent Processes.- Study of Relaxation Processes.- Dipole Scattering.- Influence of the Elastic Scattering Without Phase Randomization on Resonance Characteristics.- 3.3 Coherent Phenomena in Multilevel Systems.- 3.3.1 Resonant Processes in Three-Level Systems.- 3.3.2 Two-Photon Resonances.- 3.3.3 Relation to Other Phenomena.- 3.4 Method of Separated Optical Fields.- 3.4.1 Two-Photon Resonance in Separated Fields.- Narrow Two-Photon Absorption Resonances of the Sequence of Supershort Pulses in a Gas.- 3.4.2 Resonance in Separated Fields for Two-Level Atoms.- 3.4.3 Coherent Radiation and Macroscopic Polarization Transfer in Separated Fields.- 3.4.4 Properties of Coherent Radiation in Separated Fields.- Destruction of an Interference Structure and Attainment of Resonances with a Radiative Width.- Particle Scattering.- 3.4.5 Coherent Raman Scattering in Separated Fields.- 3.4.6 Transient Resonant Coherent Effects.- References.- 4. Multiphoton Resonant Processes in Atoms.- 4.1 Various Experimental Aspects of Resonant Multiphoton Transitions in Atoms.- 4.1.1 Selective Pumping of an Excited Level with Multiphoton Transition.- 4.1.2 Intermediate Step in Other Processes.- 4.1.3 Spectroscopy Using Broadband Lasers.- 4.2 Doppler-Free Two-Photon Experiments.- 4.2.1 Principle of Doppler-Free Multiphoton Transitions.- 4.2.2 Experimental Observation of Doppler-Free Two-Photon Transitions.- Typical Experiment in Sodium.- Thermoionic Detection.- 4.2.3 Doppler-Free Two-Photon Transitions in Hydrogen.- 4.2.4 Other Possibilities of Doppler-Free Two-Photon Transitions.- 4.2.5 Experiments with Two Different Light Sources.- 4.3 Theory of Two-Photon Transitions in Atoms.- 4.3.1 The Effective Hamiltonian.- 4.3.2 Solution of the Density Matrix Equation.- 4.3.3 Case of Two Waves with Complex Polarizations.- 4.3.4 Two-Photon Line Shape in Vapors.- 4.3.5 Light Shifts.- Comparison with Experiments.- 4.3.6 Selection Rules for Two-Photon Transitions.- 4.4 Multiphoton Transitions.- 4.4.1 Generalization of the Effective Hamiltonian.- 4.4.2 Discussion of the Light Shifts.- Case of a Standing Wave.- 4.4.3 Application to Multiphoton Ionization.- 4.4.4 Doppler-Free Three-Photon Transition.- 4.4.5 Three-Photon Selection Rules.- 4.5 Dispersion Near a Two-Photon.

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• Title: Coherent Nonlinear Optics : Recent Advances
• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3642814972
• ISBN 13: 9783642814976
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 244W x 170H x 22D millimeters 244 millimeters width by 170 millimeters height by 22 millimeters depth
• Weight: 688 grams

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