Presenting the underlying theory of quantum-state manipulation, this book is ideal for researchers and graduate students. It provides the equations, and approaches for their solution, which can be applied to complicated multilevel quantum systems. It shows how quantum changes can be displayed graphically to demonstrate how they can be controlled.
Presenting the underlying theory of quantum-state manipulation, this book is ideal for researchers and graduate students. It provides the equations, and approaches for their solution, which can be applied to complicated multilevel quantum systems. It shows how quantum changes can be displayed graphically to demonstrate how they can be controlled.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Bruce W. Shore worked as a theoretical physicist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for 30 years. His research dealt with numerical analysis and atomic physics, specialising in the theory of laser-induced atomic-vapour excitation.
Inhaltsangabe
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 Appendices References Index.