In the last few years it was seen the emergence of various new quantum phenomena specifically related with electronic or optical confinement on a sub-wavelength-size. Fast developments simultaneously occurred in the field of Atomic Physics, notably through various regimes of Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics, and in Solid State Physics, with advances in Quantum Well technology and Nanooptoelectronics. Simultaneously, breakthroughs in Near-Field Optics provided new tools which should be widely applicable to these domains. However, the key concepts used to describe these new and partly related effects are often very different and specific of the Community involved in a given development. It has been the ambition of the Meeting held at "Centre de Physique des Houches" to give an opportunity to specialists of different Communities to deepen their understanding of advances more or less intimately related to their own field, while presenting the basic concepts of these different fields through pedagogical Introductions. The audience comprised advanced students, postdocs and senior scientists, with a balanced participation of Atomic Physicists and Solid State Physicists, and had a truly international character. The considerable efforts of the lecturers, in order to present exciting new results in a language accessible to the whole audience, were the essential ingredients to achieve successfully what was the main goal of this School.
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Höhe: 241 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-7923-3974-8 (9780792339748)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-009-1657-9
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Basics of Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics.- 1. The Atom-Field System.- 2. Spontaneous Emission in a Cavity.- 3. Atom-Field Entanglement.- 4. Mie Resonances of Dielectric Microspheres.- 5. Conclusion.- References.- Photon Statistics, Non-Classical Light and Quantum Interference.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Photon statistics.- 3. Quantum Interference.- 4. Two-Photon Interference.- 5. Conclusion and Perspective.- Acknowledgement.- References.- Nonlinear Optics in Micro-Meter Sized Droplets.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Cavity Resonances.- 3. Dye lasing.- 4. Stimulated Raman Scattering (SRS).- 5. SRS in a Fluorescent and Lasing Media.- 6. Third-Order Sum Frequency Generation (TSFG).- 7. Conclusion.- Acknowledgement.- References.- Photonic Band Structures.- 1. Introduction.- 2. One Dimension.- 3. Two Dimensions.- 4. Three Dimensions.- 5. A Novel Numerical Approach.- 6. Nonlinear Electrodynamics in Photonic Band Structures.- 7. Summary.- Acknowledgement.- References.- Solid State Physics: Basic and Optical Properties.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Electronic Band Structures of Crystals.- 3. The Effective Mass Equation (The Envelope Function Method).- 4. Optical Properties of Excitons.- 5. Polaritons.- References.- Semiconductor Quantum Wells.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Confinement Effects and Optical Absorption in Quantum Wells.- 3. Excitons.- 4. Extensions.- 5. Relaxation.- 6. Photoluminescence.- 7. Conclusion.- References.- Squeezing and Cavity QED in Semiconductors.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Squeezed State Generation by Semiconductor Lasers "Teaching Noisy Photons to Follow Quiet Electrons".- 3. Shot Noise Suppression in Mesoscopic Transport and Tunneling: "Dissipation Enhances Squeezing for Fermi Particles (Electrons)".- 4. Semiconductor Cavity QED in Low-Q Regime: "Squeezing VacuumFluctuations in Frequency and Space".- 5. Semiconductor Cavity QED in High-Q Regime: "Dressing Excitons with Electromagnetic Vacuum".- Acknowledgement.- References.- Physics of Semiconductor Lasers.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Interaction of Electrons and Photons in Semiconductors.- 3. Edge Emitting Laser Diodes.- 4. Vertical Cavity Laser Diodes.- 5. Conclusion.- References.- Near Field Optics and Scanning Near Field Optical Microscopy.- Abstract.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Near Field Imaging.- 3. The Characteristic Components of a Near Field Optical Microscope.- 4. New Probe Concepts.- 5. Scanning Near Field Optical Microscopy with the Tetrahedral Tip.- Conclusion.- Acknowledgement.- References.- Laser Resonance Photoelectron Spectromicroscopy with a Subwavelength Spatial Resolution.- Abstract.- 1. Wave and Corpuscular Microscopy.- 2. Principle of the Laser Photoelectron (Photoion) Spectromicroscopy.- 3. Laser Resonance Photoionization of Absorbing Centers on a Surface.- 4. Laser Photoelectron Projection Microscope.- 5. Towards Laser Photoion Microscopy.- References.- Reflection of Light from Vapor Boundaries.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Emission by Plane Layers of Dielectric Polarization.- 3. Selective Reflection Spectroscopy.- 4. Transmission Spectroscopy.- 5. Magneto-Optical Effects in Reflection.- 6. Final Remarks.- References.- Light Induced Atom Desorption: a Photo-Atomic Effect.- Abstract.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Gas-Surface Interaction: Alkali Atoms on Organic Coatings.- 3. Light Induced Atom Desorption (LIAD).- 4. Discussion and Applications.- Acknowledgement.- References.- Atoms in Nanocavities.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Liquid and Solid Helium.- 3. Excess Charges in Liquid and Solid 4He.- 4. Atoms in Helium Matrix.- 5. Optical Spectra.- 6. Comparison with Experiment.- 7.Further Development of the Model.- 8. Summary and Outlook.- Acknowledgements.- References.
