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Optically polarized atomsOptically polarized atoms
Dmitry BudkerUC Berkeley and
LBNL
Marcis AuzinshUniversity of Latvia
Simon M. Rochester
UC Berkeley
Textbook to be published by Oxford University Press
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Goals of the courseGoals of the course LLearn to analyze situations like this:earn to analyze situations like this:
Survey of interesting topics in AMO Survey of interesting topics in AMO (student presentations)(student presentations)
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Approximate scope of the Approximate scope of the coursecourse
Motivation and preliminariesMotivation and preliminaries Atomic statesAtomic states Atoms in external electric and magnetic Atoms in external electric and magnetic
fieldsfields Polarized lightPolarized light Atomic transitionsAtomic transitions Coherence in atomsCoherence in atoms Density matrixDensity matrix ““Maxwell-Bloch” equationsMaxwell-Bloch” equations Examples Examples
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Preliminary IPreliminary IThe hierarchy of scales in the The hierarchy of scales in the
electron worldelectron world To get into the groove and to introduce some To get into the groove and to introduce some
notations, let us write the notations, let us write the
classical radius of the electronclassical radius of the electron2
2e
er
mc
……and the and the fine-structure constantfine-structure constant
2e
c
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Let’s see what happens if we divide Let’s see what happens if we divide rree by powers of by powers of
2e
c
2 2 3
02 2 4~e at
e cr a
mc mc me me
Compton wavelength
Bohr radius
Characteristic wavelength of atomic radiation
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Good books (are hard to Good books (are hard to find)find) Atomic and Laser Spectroscopy by A. Corney
Atomic Spectra and Radiative Transitions by I. I. Sobelman Quantum Theory of Angular Momentum by D. A. Varshalovich, A. N. Moskalev,
and V. K. Khersonskii Angular Momentum in Quantum Mechanics by A. R. Edmonds Angular Momentum by R. N. Zare Polarization of Light by S. Huard Optical Polarization of Molecules by M. Auzinsh and R. Ferber Interference of Atomic States by E. B. Alexandrov, M. P. Chaika, and G. I.
Khvostenko The Quantum Theory of Light by R. Loudon The Physics of Laser-Atom Interactions by D. Suter Optical Pumping. Principles and Applications by W. Happer, Th. Walker, and K.
Bonin – delayed by 9/11 Atomic Physics by C. J. Foot Light and Matter by Y. B. Band Light-Mater Interaction by W. T. Hill, III and C. H. Li Atomic Physics. An Exploration through Problems and Solutions by D. Budker, D.
F. Kimball, and D. P. DeMille
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Errata http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~budker/papers/pdfs/Atomic_Physics_Errata.pdf