Principles of Laser Spectroscopy and Quantum Optics is an essential
textbook for graduate students studying the interaction of optical
fields with atoms. It also serves as an ideal reference text for
researchers working in the fields of laser spectroscopy and quantum
optics.
The book provides a rigorous introduction to the prototypical problems
of radiation fields interacting with two- and three-level atomic
systems. It examines the interaction of radiation with both atomic
vapors and condensed matter systems, the density matrix and the Bloch
vector, and applications involving linear absorption and saturation
spectroscopy. Other topics include hole burning, dark states, slow
light, and coherent transient spectroscopy, as well as atom optics and
atom interferometry. In the second half of the text, the authors
consider applications in which the radiation field is quantized. Topics
include spontaneous decay, optical pumping, sub-Doppler laser cooling,
the Heisenberg equations of motion for atomic and field operators, and
light scattering by atoms in both weak and strong external fields. The
concluding chapter offers methods for creating entangled and
spin-squeezed states of matter.
Instructors can create a one-semester course based on this book by
combining the introductory chapters with a selection of the more
advanced material. A solutions manual is available to teachers.
- Rigorous introduction to the interaction of optical fields with atoms
- Applications include linear and nonlinear spectroscopy, dark states,
and slow light
- Extensive chapter on atom optics and atom interferometry
- Conclusion explores entangled and spin-squeezed states of matter
- Solutions manual (available only to teachers)
