Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Contributors

Preface

Chapter 1: The Use of the Magnetic Angle Changer in Atomic and Molecular Physics

1. Introduction and Background

2. Principles of Operation of the MAC and Practical Realizations of it

3. Elastic Electron Scattering and Vibrational Excitation

4. Inelastic Electron Scattering

5. Resonances in Electron Impact Excitation of Atoms and Molecules

6. Coincidence Studies in Electron Impact Excitation and Ionization

7. Photoelectron Spectroscopy

8. Conclusions

Chapter 2: X-ray Methods in High-Intensity Discharges and Metal-Halide Lamps

1. Introduction

2. High-Intensity Discharges and Metal-Halide Lamps

3. Why X-ray Methods?

4. Interaction of X rays with Atoms

5. X-ray Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy (XRIF)

6. Summary

Chapter 3: Time-Domain Interferometry with Laser-Cooled Atoms

1. Introduction and Description of Two-Pulse Standing Wave Interferometer

2. Time-Domain Atom Interferometer Experiments—Atomic Recoil

3. Lattice Interferometry

4. Frequency-Domain AI Experiments

5. Time-Domain AI Experiments—Gravity

6. Internal State Labeled Interferometer

7. Coherent Transient Effects

8. Superfluorescence in Cold Atoms

Acknowledgments

Chapter 4: Interaction between Atomic Ensembles and Optical Resonators: Classical Description

1. Introduction

2. Interaction between a Single Atom and a Free-Space Mode

3. Interaction between an Atomic Ensemble and a Free-Space Mode

4. Interaction between a Single Atom and a Cavity Mode

5. Interaction between an Atomic Ensemble and a Cavity Mode

6. Quantum Mechanical Expression for the Cooperativity Parameter

7. Conclusion

Acknowledgements

Chapter 5: The First Atomic and Molecular Experiments at the Linac Coherent Light Source X-Ray Free Electron Laser

1. Introduction

2. Optical Properties of X-Rays from Electron Accelerators

3. Photoexcitation and Photoionization

4. Layout of LCLS Experimental Halls

5. Initial Experiments on X-Ray Photoionization

6. First Optical-Pump, X-Ray Probe Experiments

7. Future Prospects

Acknowledgments

Chapter 6: Generation and Applications of n-Qubit Hyperentangled Photon States

1. Introduction

2. Hyperentanglement

3. Hyperentangled/MultiDOF Photon States: Experimental Realizations

4. Hyperentanglement for Quantum Information

5. Conclusions

Chapter 7: A Pseudoclassical Method for the Atom-Optics Kicked Rotor: from Theory to Experiment and Back

1. Introduction

2. The Pseudoclassical Method for Nearly Resonant Quantum Motion

3. Application of the Pseudoclassical Method

4. Conclusions and Outlook

Acknowledgments

Chapter 8: Principles and Applications of Attosecond Technology

1. Introduction

2. Schemes for Generation of Isolated Attosecond Pulses

3. Numerical Methods for the Investigation of the Harmonic Generation Process

4. Applications of Isolated Attosecond Pulses

5. Conclusions

Acknowledgments

Chapter 9: Accurate Evaluation of Parameters of Optical Lattice Clocks

1. Introduction

2. Solving the Atomic Many-Body Problem

3. Magic Wavelength

4. Hyperfine Quenching of the ³P₀ States

5. Hyperfine-Induced Vector Light Shift in the ³P₀ State

6. Zeeman Effect

7. Blackbody Radiation Shift

8. Rayleigh Heating Rates

9. Summary

Acknowledgments

Chapter 10: Confinement-Induced Resonances

1. Introduction

2. Confinement and Effective Theories

3. The CIR in Effectively 1D Systems

4. Other Types of CIR

5. Experimental Realizations

6. Future Directions

Index

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