Ebook: Intense Resonant Interactions in Quantum Electronics

This book is a course of lectures given for senior students at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. For those who have graduated in the USSR this information should beisufficient to give an idea of the level and the manner in which the subject matter is presented. On the other hand, readers outside of this country may never have heard about this well-known Sgviet institution, and so we would like to say few words about it now. The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MFTI or Fiztekh) was founded in 1947 as the result of a special directive of Stalin in order to supply the space and nuclear program with highly educated experts. The best scientists in the country were involved in the foundation process. They invented an effective and flexible educational system that includes basic education accord­ ing to an university program followed by specialization at lead­ ing scientific centers. Being organized initially as a department of Moscow State University, MFTI recently separated into an inde­ pendent institution. In the sixties it lost its mainly top secret and military character and became the most prestigious place in the country for an education in physics. The political changes of the last few years have opened it to contacts with other countries. The course of lectures comprising this book is dedicated to the subject of the intense resonant interaction of laser radiation. with matter and contains a significant part of the Ph. D.

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The physical basis and applications of intense resonant interactions of laser light with matter are dealt with in this volume. For senior students and researchers working experimentally or theoretically in the domain of intense resonant interactions, the course gives a broad survey and detailed treatment of the topic using modern mathematical methods which are put into clear physical form. Similarities and differences in the various interaction processes are outlined, and each chapter begins with a qualitative description of the phenomenon under study. All phenomena are considered from one general view- point, requiring knowledge only of basic quantum mechanics.

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The physical basis and applications of intense resonant interactions of laser light with matter are dealt with in this volume. For senior students and researchers working experimentally or theoretically in the domain of intense resonant interactions, the course gives a broad survey and detailed treatment of the topic using modern mathematical methods which are put into clear physical form. Similarities and differences in the various interaction processes are outlined, and each chapter begins with a qualitative description of the phenomenon under study. All phenomena are considered from one general view- point, requiring knowledge only of basic quantum mechanics.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Coherent Interaction....Pages 5-17
Photon Echo and Self-Induced Transparency Phenomena....Pages 18-29
Relaxation Processes....Pages 30-42
Susceptibility of a Two-Level System....Pages 43-51
Saturation of Inhomogeneously Broadened Lines....Pages 52-65
Laser Gas-Kinetics....Pages 66-78
Laser Gas-Kinetics (continued)....Pages 79-89
Multiphoton Processes....Pages 90-107
Coherent Processes in Complicated Multilevel Systems....Pages 108-124
Coherent Processes in Complicated Multilevel Systems (continued)....Pages 125-139
Collisional Relaxation....Pages 140-156
Parametric Phenomena as Processes in Multilevel Systems....Pages 157-172
Resonant Excitation of Atoms....Pages 173-187
Spectra of Molecules....Pages 188-208
Excitation of Molecules....Pages 209-228
Excitation of Molecules (continued)....Pages 229-241
Excitation of Colliding Molecules....Pages 242-256
Excitation of Electronic Transitions in Molecules....Pages 257-268
Laser Thermochemistry. Processes on a Surface....Pages 269-279
Back Matter....Pages 289-303
Self-Influence of Laser Radiation in Intense Resonant Interactions....Pages 280-288

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The physical basis and applications of intense resonant interactions of laser light with matter are dealt with in this volume. For senior students and researchers working experimentally or theoretically in the domain of intense resonant interactions, the course gives a broad survey and detailed treatment of the topic using modern mathematical methods which are put into clear physical form. Similarities and differences in the various interaction processes are outlined, and each chapter begins with a qualitative description of the phenomenon under study. All phenomena are considered from one general view- point, requiring knowledge only of basic quantum mechanics.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Coherent Interaction....Pages 5-17
Photon Echo and Self-Induced Transparency Phenomena....Pages 18-29
Relaxation Processes....Pages 30-42
Susceptibility of a Two-Level System....Pages 43-51
Saturation of Inhomogeneously Broadened Lines....Pages 52-65
Laser Gas-Kinetics....Pages 66-78
Laser Gas-Kinetics (continued)....Pages 79-89
Multiphoton Processes....Pages 90-107
Coherent Processes in Complicated Multilevel Systems....Pages 108-124
Coherent Processes in Complicated Multilevel Systems (continued)....Pages 125-139
Collisional Relaxation....Pages 140-156
Parametric Phenomena as Processes in Multilevel Systems....Pages 157-172
Resonant Excitation of Atoms....Pages 173-187
Spectra of Molecules....Pages 188-208
Excitation of Molecules....Pages 209-228
Excitation of Molecules (continued)....Pages 229-241
Excitation of Colliding Molecules....Pages 242-256
Excitation of Electronic Transitions in Molecules....Pages 257-268
Laser Thermochemistry. Processes on a Surface....Pages 269-279
Back Matter....Pages 289-303
Self-Influence of Laser Radiation in Intense Resonant Interactions....Pages 280-288
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