Laser control of atoms and molecules / Vladilen Letokhov.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-302) and index.

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1. Introduction -- Ways to control the emission of light -- From the control of light to the control of atoms and molecules -- On the aims of this book -- 2. Elementary radiative processes -- Spontaneous emission -- Stimulated absorption and emission -- Recoil effect and Doppler effect -- Resonant excitation of a two-level system free from relaxation -- Resonant excitation of a two-level system with relaxations -- Radiation-scattering processes -- 3. Laser velocity-selective excitation -- Doppler broadening of optical spectral lines -- Homogeneous broadening mechanisms -- Doppler-free saturation spectroscopy -- Ultrahigh spectral resolution -- 4. Optical orientation of atoms and nuclei -- Optical orientation of atoms -- Radio-frequency spectroscopy of optically oriented atoms -- Spin-exchange optical pumping -- Coherent effects and optically oriented atoms -- Applications of optically pumped atoms.

5. Laser cooling of atoms -- Introduction. History of ideas -- Laser radiation force on a two-level atom -- Quantum fluctuation effects. Temperature limits of laser cooling -- Doppler cooling -- Laser polarization gradient cooling below the Doppler limit -- Cooling below the recoil limit -- 6. Laser trapping of atoms -- Optical trapping -- Magnetic trapping -- Magnetooptical trapping -- Gravitooptical and near-field traps -- Optical trapping of cold atoms -- new tools for atomic physics -- 7. Atom optics -- Introduction. Matter waves -- Reflection of atoms by light -- Laser focusing of an atomic beam -- Diffraction of atoms -- Atom interferometry -- Atomic holography -- Towards atom nanooptics -- 8. From laser-cooled and trapped atoms to atomic and molecular quantum gases -- Introduction -- Bose -- Einstein condensation of atomic gases -- Fermi-degenerate quantum atomic gases -- Formation of ultracold molecules -- Molecular quantum gases.

9. Laser photoselective ionization of atoms -- Introduction -- Resonance excitation and ionization of atoms -- Photoionization detection of rare atoms and radioactive isotopes -- Laser photoionization separation of isotopes, isobars, and nuclear isomers -- 10. Multiphoton ionization of molecules -- Photoselective resonance ionization of molecules -- Resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) of molecules -- Laser desorption/ionization of biomolecules -- 11. Photoselective laser control of molecules via molecular vibrations -- Vibrationally mediated photodissociation of molecules via excited electronic states -- Basics of IR multiple-photon excitation/dissociation of polyatomic molecules in the ground state -- Characteristics of the IR MPE/D of polyatomic molecules -- Intermolecular selectivity of IR MPE/D for laser isotope separation -- Prospects for mode-selective MPE/D by IR femtosecond pulses -- 12. Coherent laser control of molecules -- Introduction to coherent optimal control -- Coherent control using wave packets -- Coherent control using quantum interference -- Optimal feedback control -- Coherent optimal control by tailored strong-field laser pulses -- Coherent control of large molecules in liquids -- Perspectives -- 13. Related topics: laser control of microparticles and free electrons -- Laser trapping of microparticles -- Laser control of free-electron motion -- 14. Concluding comments.

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