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020			_z9780521763578 (hardback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQC794.6.E9 _bS56 2011
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100	1		_aShore, Bruce W., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aManipulating quantum structures using laser pulses / _cBruce W. Shore.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2011.
300			_a1 online resource (xiii, 572 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	8		_a1. Introduction -- 2. Atoms as structured particles -- 3. Radiation -- 4. The laser-atom interaction -- 5. Picturing quantum structure and changes -- 6. Incoherence: rate equations -- 7. Coherence: the Schrödinger equation -- 8. Two-state coherent excitation -- 9. Weak pulse: perturbation theory -- 10. The vector model -- 11. Sequential pulses -- 12. Degeneracy -- 13. Three states -- 14. Raman processes -- 15. Multilevel excitation -- 16. Averages and the statistical matrix (density matrix) -- 17. Preparing superpositions -- 18. Measuring superpositions -- 19. Overall phase, interferometry and cyclic dynamics -- 20. Atoms affecting fields -- 21. Atoms in cavities -- 22. Control and optimization.
520			_aThe use of laser pulses to alter the internal quantum structure of individual atoms and molecules has applications in quantum information processing, the coherent control of chemical reactions and in quantum-state engineering. This book presents the underlying theory of such quantum-state manipulation for researchers and graduate students. The book provides the equations, and approaches for their solution, which can be applied to complicated multilevel quantum systems. It also gives the background theory for application to isolated atoms or trapped ions, simple molecules and atoms embedded in solids. Particular attention is given to the ways in which quantum changes can be displayed graphically to help readers understand how quantum changes can be controlled.
650		0	_aNuclear excitation.
650		0	_aAtomic structure.
650		0	_aCoherent states.
650		0	_aPerturbation (Quantum dynamics)
650		0	_aLaser interferometry.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521763578
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511675713
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