文档介绍：Principles of Laser
Spectroscopy and
Quantum Optics
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Principles of Laser
Spectroscopy and
Quantum Optics
Paul R. Berman
Vladimir S. Malinovsky
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS . PRINCETON AND OXFORD
Copyright c 2011 by Princeton University Press
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Berman, Paul R., 1945–
Principles of laser spectroscopy and quantum optics / Paul R. Berman,
Vladimir S. Malinovsky.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-691-14056-8 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Quantum optics.
2. Laser spectroscopy. I. Malinovsky, Vladimir S., 1962– II. Title.
2011
535.15—dc22 2010014005
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To the memory of
Belle and Solomon Berman
To the memory of
Antonida Malinovskaya and Sergey Bortkevich
Contents
Preface xv
1 Preliminaries 1
Atoms and Fields 1
Important Parameters 2
Maxwell’s Equations 4
Atom–Field Hamiltonian 7
Dirac Notation 8
Where Do We Go from Here? 9
Appendix: Atom–Field Hamiltonian 10
Problems 13
References 14
Bibliography 15
2 Two-Level Quantum Systems 17
Review of Quantum Mechanics 17
Time-Independent Problems 17
Time-Dependent Problems 19
Interaction Representation 21
Two-Level Atom 23
Rotating-Wave or Resonance Approximation 25
Analytic Solutions 28
Field Interaction Representation 32
Semiclassical Dressed States 36
Adiabatic Following 39
General Remarks on Solution of the Matri