Light–Matter Interaction: Atoms and Molecules in External Fields and Nonlinear Optics

Light–Matter Interaction draws together the principal ideas that form the basis of atomic, molecular, and optical science and engineering. The book covers the basics of atoms, diatomic molecules, atoms and molecules in static and electromagnetic fields and nonlinear optics. Exercises and bibliographies supplement each chapter, while several appendices present such important background information as physical constants and definitions, mathematical definitions, atomic and molecular data, and tensor algebra.
This is the second volume of a two–volume set. The first volume of this set has already been published (J. Weiner, P.–T. Ho: Light–Matter Interaction – Fundamentals and Applications). The present volume is self–contained and can stand alone or be used in conjunction with the previous volume. Useful as a course text or a desk reference, this book is accessible to advanced undergraduates, graduate students, or researchers who have been trained in one of the conventional curricula of physics, chemistry, or engineering but who need to acquire familiarity with adjacent areas in order to pursue their research goals.

Spis treści:
Preface.
Part 1 Light–Matter Interaction: Atoms, Molecules and External Fields.
1 Hydrogen–Like Ion: An Atom (Ion) With One Electron.
1.1 Bohr Model of the Atom.
1.2 Hydrogen–Like Ions, Quantum Approach: Bound States.
1.3 Classification of Nonrelativistic States.
1.4 Corrections to the Energy Levels.
1.5 Continuum States.
Further Reading.
Problems.
2 The Structure of the Multielectron Atom.
2.1 Overview.
2.2 Angular Momentum Coupling Schemes.
2.3 Fine Structure.
Further Reading.
Problems.
3 Atoms in Static Fields.
3.1 External Electric and Magnetic Fields.
3.2 Hyperfine Structure.
Further Reading.
Problems.
4 Atoms in AC Fields.
4.1 Applied EM Fields.
4.2 Fr ee–ElectronWavefunction.
4.3 Radiative Transitions.
4.4 Selection Rules for Atomic Transitions.
4.5 Atomic Spectra.
Further Reading.
Problems.
5 Diatomic Molecules.
5.1 The Hamiltonian.
5.2 Born–Oppenheimer Approximation.
5.3 Nuclear Equation.
5.4 Electronic States.
Further Reading.
Problems.
6 Molecules in External Fields.
6.1 Introduction.
6.2 Electronic Transitions.
6.3 AC Tunneling Ionization.
Further Reading.
Problems.
Part 2 Light–Matter Interaction: Nonlinear Optics.
7 Nonlinear Optics.
7.1 Introduction.
7.2 Phenomenological Description.
Further Reading.
Problems.
8 Wave Propagation.
8.1 Nonlinear Wave Equation.
8.2 Phase Matching in SHG.
8.3 Parametric Interaction.
8.4 Parametric Oscillation.
8.5 The Manley–Rowe Relations.
8.6 Parametric Upconversion.
Problems.
9 Quantum Theory.
9.1 Introduction.
9.2 Density Matrix Formalism.
9.3 Perturbation Method.
9.4 Transition Probability.
9.5 Two–Photon Absorption.
9.6 Scattering Cross Section.
9.7 Three–Photon Absorption.
9.8 Doppler–Free Two–Photon Absorption.
9.9 Calculation of Susceptibility.
9.10 Third–Order Nonlinear Susceptibility.
Problems.
10 Applications.
10.1 Optical Harmonic Generation.
10.2 SHG due to Reflection from Media.
10.3 Nonlinear Electroreflectance.
10.4 Near–Field Second–Harmonic Microscopy.
10.5 Terahertz Pulse Generation.
Problems.
Appendices.
A Atomic Physics Definitions.
A.1 Air and VacuumWavelengths.
A.2 Wavenumber.
A.3 Fine–Structure Constant.
A.4 Atomic Energy Unit (Hartree).
A.5 Rydberg Energy Unit.
A.6 eV Energy Unit.
A.7 Mass.
A.8 Length.
A.9 Atomic Velocity and Momentum.
A.10 Atomic Time Scale.
A.11 Atomic Field Strength.
A.12 Atomic Unit of Dipole Moment.
A .13 Magnetic Moments.
A.14 Quadrupole Moment of the Nucleus.
A.15 Frequently Used AMO Quantities.
B Mathematics Related to AMO Calculations.
B.1 Kronecker Delta,
B.2 Dirac Delta Function,
B.3 Hypergeometric Series.
B.4 Confluent Hypergeometric Series.
B.5 Associated Laguerre Polynomials.
B.6 Legendre and Associated Legendre Functions.
B.7 Spherical Harmonics.
B.8 Mathematical Formalism of Quantum Mechanics.
B.9 Schrödinger’s Equation in Parabolic Coordinates.
B.10 Voigt Line Profile.
Further Reading.
C Atomic and Molecular Data.
C.1 NIST Online Data.
C.2 Molecular Constants.
C.3 Filling Subshells.
C.4 Electronic Configurations.
D Coupling Angular Momenta.
D.1 Two Angular Momenta and 3–j Symbols.
D.2 Properties of 3–j Symbols.
D.3 Three Angular Momenta and 6–j Symbols.
D.4 Four Angular Momenta and 9–j Symbols.
E Tensor Algebra.
E.1 Spherical Tensors.
E.2 Commutation Relations.
E.3 Reduced Matrix Elements.
E.4 Matrix Elements of Products of Operators.
Further Reading.
References.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Wendell Hill holds the rank of Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, with appointments in the Institute for Physical Science and Technology and the Department of Physics. He received a B.A. in physics from the University of California, Irvine, in 1974 and a Ph.D. in physics from Stanford University in 1980. He is a guest worker at NIST, where he was a postdoc before joining the faculty of the University of Maryland in 1982, and has held visiting positions with Instituto Venezalano de Investigaciones (Venezuela), Université de Paris–Sud, Orsay France and JILA. Professor Hill′s research interests are broad with publications ranging from high–energy particle physics to atom optics. His current investigations are centered aroun d ultrafast dynamics, coherent control, strong–field laser–matter interaction, atom optics and quantum information.
Chi H. Lee received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the National Taiwan University in 1959, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in applied physics from Harvard University in 1962 and 1968, respectively. Since 1968 he has been with the University of Maryland, where he is now a Professor Emeritus of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. His areas of research include ultrafast optoelectronics, lasers, electro–optic devices and microwave photonics. Professor Lee is a Fellow of the IEEE, the Optical Society of America and the Photonic Society of Chinese Americans. He served as the Chairman of the IEEE MTT–technical committee for lightwave technology and the Microwave Photonics committee of the IEEE LEOS.

Okładka tylna:
Light–Matter Interaction draws together the principal ideas that form the basis of atomic, molecular, and optical science and engineering. The book covers the basics of atoms, diatomic molecules, atoms and molecules in static and electromagnetic fields and nonlinear optics. Exercises and bibliographies supplement each chapter, while several appendices present such important background information as physical constants and definitions, mathematical definitions, atomic and molecular data, and tensor algebra.
This is the second volume of a two–volume set. The first volume of this set has already been published (J. Weiner, P.–T. Ho: Light–Matter Interaction – Fundamentals and Applications). The present volume is self–contained and can stand alone or be used in conjunction with the previous volume. Useful as a course text or a desk reference, this book is accessible to advanced undergraduates, graduate students, or researchers who have been trained in one of the conventional curricula of physics, chemistry, or engineering but who need to acquire familiarity with adjacent areas in order to pursue their research goals.