Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

by Paul R. Berman B.S., Ph.D., M. Phil, Ennio Arimondo, Chun C. Lin

Overview

This volume of Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics continues the tradition of the Advances series. It contains contributions from experts in the field of atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics. The articles contain some review material, but are intended to provide a comprehensive picture of recent important developments in AMO physics. Both theoretical and experimental articles are included in the volume.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780123855084
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	10/03/2011
Series:	Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics , #60
Pages:	560
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Paul Berman is Professor of Physics at the University of Michigan. In a career spanning over 40 years, Professor Berman has been engaged in theoretical research related to the interaction of radiation with matter. Of particular interest is the identification of atom-field configurations which can result in qualitatively new phenomena. Professor Berman is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the Optical Society of America. He is the co-author of a textbook, Principles of Laser Spectroscopy and Quantum Optics, published in2010 by Princeton University Press.

Chun C. Lin is Professor of Physics at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He has been working in various areas of atomic and molecular physics for several decades. He received the American Physical Society Will Allis Prize “for advancing the understanding of the microscopic behavior of ionized gases through his innovative and pioneering studies of excitation in electron and ion collisions with atomic and molecular targets” in 1996. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and has served as the Chair of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics in the American Physical Society (1994 – 1995).

Ennio Arimondo is Professor of Physics at the University of Pisa, Italy. In a a long research career, Professor Arimondo has been engaged in experimental and theoretical research related to laser spectroscopy, the interaction of radiation with matter, laser cooling and new phenomena of ultracold atomic gases. Professor Arimondo is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and of the Institute of Physics. He is editor of Conference and School Proceedings.

Table of Contents

Exploring Quantum Matter with Ultracold Atoms in Optical Lattices
I. Bloch, and M. Greiner

The Kicked Rydberg Atom
F.B. Dunning, J.C. Lancaster, C.O. Reinhold, S. Yoshida, and J. Burgdörfer

Photonic State Tomography
J.B. Altepeter, E.R. Jeffrey, and P.G. Kwiat

Fine Structure in High-L Rydberg States: A Path to Properties of Positive Ions
S.R. Lundeen

A Storage Ring for Neutral Molecules
F.M.H. Crompvoets, H.L. Bethlem, and G. Meijer

Nonadiabatic Alignment by Intense Pulses. Concepts, Theory, and Directions
T. Seideman, and E. Hamilton

Relativistic Nonlinear Optics
D. Umstadter, S. Sepke, and S. Chen

Coupled-State Treatment of Charge Transfer
T.G. Winter

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