Manipulating Quantum Structures Using Laser Pulses
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Manipulating Quantum Structures Using Laser Pulses

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Manipulating Quantum Structures Using Laser Pulses

About this book

The use of laser pulses to alter the internal quantum structure of individual atoms and molecules has applications in quantum information processing, the coherent control of chemical reactions and in quantum-state engineering. This book presents the underlying theory of such quantum-state manipulation for researchers and graduate students. The book provides the equations, and approaches for their solution, which can be applied to complicated multilevel quantum systems. It also gives the background theory for application to isolated atoms or trapped ions, simple molecules and atoms embedded in solids. Particular attention is given to the ways in which quantum changes can be displayed graphically to help readers understand how quantum changes can be controlled.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. MANIPULATING QUANTUM STRUCTURES USING LASER PULSES
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. 1 Introduction
  9. 2 Atoms as structured particles
  10. 3 Radiation
  11. 4 The laser–atom interaction
  12. 5 Picturing quantum structure and changes
  13. 6 Incoherence: Rate equations
  14. 7 Coherence: The Schrödinger equation
  15. 8 Two-state coherent excitation
  16. 9 Weak pulse: Perturbation theory
  17. 10 The vector model
  18. 11 Sequential pulses
  19. 12 Degeneracy
  20. 13 Three states
  21. 14 Raman processes
  22. 15 Multilevel excitation
  23. 16 Averages and the statistical matrix (density matrix)
  24. 17 Systems with parts
  25. 18 Preparing superpositions
  26. 19 Measuring superpositions
  27. 20 Overall phase; interferometry and cyclic dynamics
  28. 21 Atoms affecting fields
  29. 22 Atoms in cavities
  30. 23 Control and optimization
  31. Appendix A Angular momentum
  32. Appendix B The multipole interaction
  33. Appendix C Classical radiation
  34. Appendix D Quantized radiation
  35. Appendix E Adiabatic states
  36. Appendix F Dark states; the Morris–Shore transformation
  37. Appendix G Near-periodic excitation; Floquet theory
  38. Appendix H Transitions; spectroscopic parameters
  39. References
  40. Index