Beschreibung:
Clear, comprehensive graduate-level account of basic principles involved in all quantum optical resonance phenomena, hailed in "Contemporary Physics" as "a valuable contribution to the literature of non-linear optics." 53 illustrations.
1 Classical Theory of Resonance Optics2 The Optical Bloch Equations
3 Two-Level Atoms in Steady Fields
4 Pulse Propagation
5 Pulse Propagation Experiments
6 Saturation Phenomena
7 Quantum Electrodynamics and Spontaneous Emission
8 N-Atom Spontaneous Emission and Superradiant Decay
9 Photon Echoes
Index