The Theory of Coherent Atomic Excitation, Multilevel Atoms and Incoherence

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Examines the nature of the coherent excitation produced in atoms by lasers as well as the details of the transient variation of excited-state populations with time and how they depend upon such controllable parameters as laser frequency and intensity. Concerned more with temporal behavior than the characteristic energy levels of stationary states of atoms, 2 Volumes address such questions as: What is the difference between coherent and incoherent excitation? What simple behavior patterns are expected to occur in ...
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Overview

Examines the nature of the coherent excitation produced in atoms by lasers as well as the details of the transient variation of excited-state populations with time and how they depend upon such controllable parameters as laser frequency and intensity. Concerned more with temporal behavior than the characteristic energy levels of stationary states of atoms, 2 Volumes address such questions as: What is the difference between coherent and incoherent excitation? What simple behavior patterns are expected to occur in the excitation of real atoms? What must be done to model atomic excitation realistically? Volume 1, lays the basic foundation of the theory. It elaborates the description of two-state atoms, as governed by the time-dependent Schrodinger equation and equivalent Heisenberg equations, and discusses various aspects of radiation. Volume 2, explores a variety of multi-state extensions of the simple two-state atom, beginning with three-state models and continuing to finite and infinite chains of reactions. It presents and applies the theory of angular momentum to coherent excitation and concludes with the theory of random processes and applications to the fluctuations that inevitably accompany excitation and act to destroy coherence.
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  • ISBN-13: 9780471524168
  • Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 1/1/1990
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 1736
  • Product dimensions: 7.32 (w) x 10.24 (h) x 1.89 (d)

Table of Contents

MULTISTATE ATOMS.

Three-State Atoms.

The N-State Formalism.

The N-State Ladder.

Continuum Processes.

Transition Rates.

ANGULAR MOMENTUM AND COMPLEX ATOMS.

Angular Momentum and Periodicities.

Angular Momentum States: Coupling.

Angular Momentum Interactions.

Linkage Patterns and Static Interactions.

INCOHERENCE.

Fluctuations and Interruptions.

Appendices.

Author Index.

Subject Index.

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