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Informationen zum Autor Bruce W. Shore worked as a theoretical physicist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for 30 years. His research dealt with numerical analysis and atomic physics, specialising in the theory of laser-induced atomic-vapour excitation. Klappentext Presents the theory of quantum-state manipulation and equations which can be applied to complicated multilevel quantum systems! for researchers. Zusammenfassung Presenting the underlying theory of quantum-state manipulation! this book is ideal for researchers and graduate students. It provides the equations! and approaches for their solution! which can be applied to complicated multilevel quantum systems. It shows how quantum changes can be displayed graphically to demonstrate how they can be controlled. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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. Preparing superpositions; 18. Measuring superpositions; 19. Overall phase, interferometry and cyclic dynamics; 20. Atoms affecting fields; 21. Atoms in cavities; 22. Control and optimization; Appendices; References; Index.
