Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 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 Systems with parts
- 18 Preparing superpositions
- 19 Measuring superpositions
- 20 Overall phase; interferometry and cyclic dynamics
- 21 Atoms affecting fields
- 22 Atoms in cavities
- 23 Control and optimization
- Appendix A Angular momentum
- Appendix B The multipole interaction
- Appendix C Classical radiation
- Appendix D Quantized radiation
- Appendix E Adiabatic states
- Appendix F Dark states; the Morris–Shore transformation
- Appendix G Near-periodic excitation; Floquet theory
- Appendix H Transitions; spectroscopic parameters
- References
- Index
5 - Picturing quantum structure and changes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 October 2011
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 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 Systems with parts
- 18 Preparing superpositions
- 19 Measuring superpositions
- 20 Overall phase; interferometry and cyclic dynamics
- 21 Atoms affecting fields
- 22 Atoms in cavities
- 23 Control and optimization
- Appendix A Angular momentum
- Appendix B The multipole interaction
- Appendix C Classical radiation
- Appendix D Quantized radiation
- Appendix E Adiabatic states
- Appendix F Dark states; the Morris–Shore transformation
- Appendix G Near-periodic excitation; Floquet theory
- Appendix H Transitions; spectroscopic parameters
- References
- Index
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- Manipulating Quantum Structures Using Laser Pulses , pp. 57 - 77Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011