Keywords:
Atoms.
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Molecules.
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Physical optics.
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Nuclear physics.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
This volume 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. International experts Comprehensive articles New developments.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (457 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780080951010
Series Statement:
Issn Series ; v.Volume 57
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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=452827
DDC:
539
Language:
English
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Front Cover -- Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Driven Ratchets for Cold Atoms -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Ratchets: Generalities -- 2.1. The Flashing Ratchet -- 2.2. The Rocking Ratchet -- 3. Symmetry and Transport in AC-Driven Ratchets -- 3.1. General Considerations -- 3.2. The Periodically Driven Rocking Ratchet -- 3.3. The Quasiperiodically Driven Rocking Ratchet -- 3.4. The Gating Ratchet -- 4. Cold Atom Ratchets -- 4.1. Dissipative Optical Lattices -- 4.2. Rocking Ratchet for Cold Atoms -- 4.3. Rocking Ratchet with Biharmonic Driving -- 4.3.1. Dissipation-Induced Symmetry Breaking -- 4.3.2. Rectification of Fluctuations, Current Reversals, and Resonant Activation in a System with Broken Hamiltonian Symmetry -- 4.4. Multifrequency Driving and Route to Quasiperiodicity -- 4.5. Gating Ratchet -- 5. Outlook -- References -- Chapter 2: Quantum Effects in Optomechanical Systems -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Cavity Optomechanics via Radiation-Pressure -- 2.1. Langevin Equations Formalism -- 2.2. Stability Analysis -- 2.3. Covariance Matrix and Logarithmic Negativity -- 3. Ground State Cooling -- 3.1. Feedback Cooling -- 3.1.1. Phase-Quadrature Feedback -- 3.1.2. Generalized Quadrature Feedback -- 3.2. Back-Action Cooling -- 3.3. Readout of the Mechanical Resonator State -- 4. Entanglement Generation with a Single Driven Cavity Mode -- 4.1. Intracavity Optomechanical Entanglement -- 4.2. Entanglement with Output Modes -- 4.3. Optical Entanglement between Sidebands -- 5. Entanglement Generation with Two Driven Cavity Modes -- 5.1. Quantum-Langevin Equations and Stability Conditions -- 5.2. Entanglement of the Output Modes -- 5.2.1. Optomechanical Entanglement -- 5.2.2. Purely Optical Entanglement between Output Modes.
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6. Cavity-Mediated Atom-Mirror Stationary Entanglement -- 7. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 3: The Semiempirical Deutsch-Maumlrk Formalism: A Versatile Approach for the Calculation of Electron-Impact Ionization Cross Sections of Atoms, Molecules, Ions, and Clusters -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical Background -- 2.1. The DM Formalism -- 2.2. Other Approaches -- 3. Atoms -- 3.1. Ground-State Atoms -- 3.2. Atoms in Excited States -- 3.2.1. Metastable Rare Gas Atoms -- 3.2.2. He Metastable Ionization -- 3.2.3. Cd and Hg Metastable Ionization -- 4. Molecules, Molecular Radicals, and Clusters -- 4.1. Molecules -- 4.1.1. CF3X (X = H, Br, I) -- 4.1.2. SiCl4 and TiCl4 -- 4.2. Free Radicals and Other Unstable Species -- 4.2.1. CH3, CH2, CH -- 4.2.2. CFx and NFx (x = 1-3) -- 4.3. Biomolecules -- 4.3.1. Uracil -- 4.3.2. DNA Bases -- 4.4. Clusters -- 4.4.1. C60 -- 4.4.2. C60 and C70 -- 5. Ions -- 5.1. Atomic Ions -- 5.1.1. Positive Atomic Ions -- 5.1.2. Negative Atomic Ions (Detachment) -- 5.1.2.1. O- and L- -- 5.2. Molecular Ions -- 5.2.1. Positive Molecular Ions -- 5.2.1.1. C2H2+ -- 5.2.1.2. CO+ and CD+ -- 5.2.2. Negative Molecular Ions (Detachment) -- 5.2.2.1. B2-, BO-, and CN- -- 6. Conclusions and Outlook -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 4: Physics and Technology of Polarized Electron Scattering from Atoms and Molecules -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Spin-dependent Interactions -- 2.1. Electron Exchange -- 2.2. Spin-Orbit Interactions -- 2.3. Combinations of Spin-Orbit and Exchange Effects -- 2.4. Relevant Scattering Amplitudes: Characterization of Excited States and the Scattered Electron -- 2.5. Theory, Archiving, and Formalism -- 3. Atomic Targets -- 3.1. Exchange Scattering -- 3.1.1. (e,e) and (e,2e) Processes -- 3.1.2. (e,gammae) and (e,gamma2e) Processes -- 3.2. Mott Scattering -- 3.2.1. (e,e) Processes.
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3.2.2. (e,egamma) and (e,2e) Processes -- 3.3. Combinations of Spin-Orbit Coupling and Exchange Effects -- 3.3.1. The Fine-Structure Effect and its Variants -- 3.3.1.1. (e,2e) Experiments -- 3.3.1.2. (e,egamma) Experiments -- 3.3.2. Combinations of Exchange with Mott Scattering -- 3.3.2.1. (e,e) and (e,2e) Experiments -- 3.3.2.2. (e,egamma) Experiments -- 3.3.3. Resonant Effects -- 4. Molecular Targets -- 4.1. Simple Diatomic Molecules -- 4.1.1. The Exchange Interaction in Elastic Scattering -- 4.1.2. Exchange Effects in Inelastic Scattering -- 4.2. Chiral Molecular Targets -- 5. Developments in Polarized Electron Technology -- 5.1. Sources of Polarized Electrons -- 5.1.1. Photemission from GaAs and its Variants -- 5.1.2. Sources Based on Chemi-Ionization of He* -- 5.1.3. Novel Sources of Polarized Electrons -- 5.1.3.1. Field emission tips Field -- 5.1.3.2. Sources involving multiphoton processes -- 5.1.3.3. Spin filters -- 5.2. Polarimetry -- 5.2.1. Mott Polarimetry -- 5.2.2. Optical Polarimetry -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 5: Multidimensional Electronic and Vibrational Spectroscopy: An Ultrafast Probe of Molecular Relaxation and Reaction Dynamics -- 1. Introduction, Background, and Analogies -- 1.1. Timescales and Orders of Magnitude -- 1.2. The AMO Perspective: Photon Echoes, Ramsey Fringes, and NMR -- 1.3. Diagrammatic Representation of Dynamical Evolution -- 1.3.1 Causality and the Absorptive Lineshape -- 1.4. Molecular Perspective -- 1.4.1 Coupling -- 1.4.2 Line Broadening -- 1.4.3 Orientation -- 1.4.4 Coherence -- 1.4.5 Spectral Diffusion -- 1.4.6 Chemical Exchange -- 1.4.7 Energy Transfer -- 2. Two-dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy -- 2.1. Idiosyncrasies and Technical Challenges of Multidimensional Electronic Spectroscopy -- 2.2. Experimental Implementations -- 2.2.1 Diffractive Optics -- 2.2.2 The Pump-Probe Geometry.
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2.3. Examples of 2D Electronic Spectroscopy Experiments -- 2.3.1 Energy Transfer in Light-Harvesting Systems -- 2.3.2 Vibrational Wavepacket Dynamics in 2DES -- 2.3.3 Understanding 2DES Spectra -- 3. Two-dimensional Vibrational Spectroscopy -- 3.1. Idiosyncrasies of Multidimensional IR Spectroscopy -- 3.2. Experimental Implementation -- 3.3. Examples of Equilibrium 2DIR Spectroscopy -- 3.3.1 The OH Stretch in Water -- 3.3.2 Vibrational Coherence -- 4. Future Directions -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: Derivation of the T2-Dependent Coherence -- References -- Chapter 6: Fundamentals and Applications of Spatial Dissipative Solitons in Photonic Devices -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Basic Definitions and Scope -- 1.2. Phenomenology of Optical Spatial Dissipative Solitons (SDS) -- 1.3. Basic Equations -- 1.4. Bistability and Multistability of SDS -- 2. Existence, Bifurcation Structure, and Dynamics of Single and Multiple SDS -- 2.1. Patterns, Dissipative Solitons, and Homoclinic Snaking -- 2.2. Homoclinic Snaking -- 2.3. Basic Properties and Dynamics of SDS -- 2.4. Snaking in Other Optical Models -- 2.5. "Tilted" Snaking due to Nonlocal Coupling -- 3. Cavity Soliton Lasers -- 3.1. Attractive Features of a Cavity Soliton Laser and Bistable Laser Schemes -- 3.2. Cavity Solitons in Lasers with Optical Injection -- 3.3. Cavity Solitons Based on Frequency-Selective Feedback -- 3.3.1 Scheme and Mechanism of Bistability -- 3.3.2 Experimental Investigations in VCSELs -- 3.3.3 Theoretical Treatment -- 3.4. Laser Cavity Solitons due to Saturable Absorption -- 3.4.1 General Theory and Early Experiments -- 3.4.2 Modeling and Design of Semiconductor-Based Devices -- 3.4.3 Experimental Realization Using Face-to-Face VCSELs -- 4. Spatial Dissipative Solitons due to Spatially Periodic Modulations -- 4.1. Spatial Dissipative Solitons due to Intracavity Photonic Crystals.
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4.2. Discrete Spatial Dissipative Solitons -- 5. Phase Fronts and Locked Spots -- 6. Applications of Spatial Dissipative Solitons -- 6.1. Positioning of SDS and All-Optical Memories -- 6.2. Exploring the Mobility of SDS -- 6.3. All-Optical Delay Line -- 6.4. Delay Lines in a CSL and Spontaneous Motion of LCS -- 6.5. Soliton Force Microscopy -- 7. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Index -- Contents of Volumes in this Serial.
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