Laser Cooling and Trapping
Laser cooling is a relatively new technique that has led to insights into the behavior of atoms as well as confirming with striking detail some of the fundamental notions of quantum mechanics, such as the condensation predicted by S.N. Bose. This elegant technique, whereby atoms, molecules, and even...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
1999, 1999
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1999 |
| Series: | Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I Introduction
- 1 Review of Quantum Mechanics
- 2 The Density Matrix
- 3 Force on Two-Level Atoms
- 4 Multilevel Atoms
- 5 General Properties Concerning Laser Cooling
- II Cooling & Trapping
- 6 Deceleration of an Atomic Beam
- 7 Optical Molasses
- 8 Cooling Below the Doppler Limit
- 9 The Dipole Force
- 10 Magnetic Trapping of Neutral Atoms
- 11 Optical Traps for Neutral Atoms
- 12 Evaporative Cooling
- III Applications
- 13 Newtonian Atom Optics and its Applications
- 14 Ultra-cold Collisions
- 15 deBroglie Wave Optics
- 16 Optical Lattices
- 17 Bose-Einstein Condensation
- 18 Dark States
- IV Appendices
- A Notation and Definitions
- B Review Articles and Books on Laser Cooling
- C Characteristic Data
- D Transition Strengths
- References