Optically polarized atoms [[electronic resource] ] : understanding light-atom interactions / / Marcis Auzinsh, Dmitry Budker, Simon Rochester

• Autore: Auzinsh Marcis
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (389 p.)
• Disciplina: 539.7
• Soggetto topico: Atoms; Physical optics; Polarization (Light)
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BudkerDmitry RochesterSimon
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [360]-367) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of acronyms; PART I: INTRODUCTION TO LIGHT-ATOM INTERACTIONS; PART II: ADVANCED TOPICS; Appendix A: Constants, units, and notations; Appendix B: Units of energy, frequency, and wavelength; Appendix C: Reference data for hydrogen and the alkali atoms; Appendix D: Classical rotations; Appendix E: Nonlinear magneto-optical rotation with hyperfine structure; Appendix F: The Atomic Density Matrix software package; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is addressed at upper-level undergraduate and graduate students involved in research in atomic, molecular, and optical Physics. It will also be useful to researchers practising in this field. It gives an intuitive, yet sufficiently detailed and rigorous introduction to light-atom interactions with a particular emphasis on the symmetry aspects of the interaction, especially those associated with the angular momentum of atoms and light. The book will enable readers to carryout practical calculations on their own, and is richly illustrated with examples drawn from current research topic
• Titolo autorizzato: Optically polarized atoms
• ISBN: 1-282-76816-6; 9786612768163; 0-19-157654-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458651703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II