Atom-photon interactions : basic processes and applications /

Atom-Photon Interactions: Basic Processes and Applications allows the reader to master various aspects of the physics of the interaction between light and matter. It is devoted to the study of the interactions between photons and atoms in atomic and molecular physics, quantum optics, and laser physi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cohen-Tannoudji, Claude, 1933-
Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
Other Authors: Dupont-Roc, Jacques, Grynberg, Gilbert
Format: Book
Language:English
French
Published: New York : Wiley, [1992]
Series:Wiley-Interscience publication
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Transition Amplitudes in Electrodynamics.
  • A Survey of Some Interaction Processes Between Photons and Atoms.
  • Nonperturbative Calculation of Transition Amplitudes.
  • Radiation Considered as a Reservoir: Master Equation for the Particles.
  • Optical Bloch Equations.
  • The Dressed Atom Approach.
  • Exercises.
  • Appendix.
  • References.
  • Index