The field of general laser spectroscopy is being revolutionized by often dramatic advances in the technology of tunable sources, including the important trend towards miniaturization and towards reliable solid-state devices. The range of laser spectroscopy is expanding to include many more interdisciplinary applications, ranging from surface science to astrophysics. Laser spectroscopy can reveal new phenomena such as parity violation. It can rival and complement experiments with giant particle accelerators. The field of quantum optics has seen very significant advances in the state of the art. It has become possible to experiment with just a few quanta of the electromagnetic field, and new ideas, such as quantum-nondemolition measurements of photon numbers, have emerged. Laser spectroscopy is even beginning to shed light on the still elusive relationship between quantum mechanics and classical deterministic chaos. In this book, the Enrico Fermi school, in keeping with the tradition of previous schools on this subject, covers the important developments made in the field of spectroscopy at a time when advances in the state of the art had reached a critical point.
The field of general laser spectroscopy is being revolutionized by often dramatic advances in the technology of tunable sources, including the important trend towards miniaturization and towards reliable solid-state devices. The range of laser spectroscopy is expanding to include many more interdisciplinary applications, ranging from surface science to astrophysics. Laser spectroscopy can reveal new phenomena such as parity violation. It can rival and complement experiments with giant particle accelerators. The field of quantum optics has seen very significant advances in the state of the art. It has become possible to experiment with just a few quanta of the electromagnetic field, and new ideas, such as quantum-nondemolition measurements of photon numbers, have emerged. Laser spectroscopy is even beginning to shed light on the still elusive relationship between quantum mechanics and classical deterministic chaos. In this book, the Enrico Fermi school, in keeping with the tradition of previous schools on this subject, covers the important developments made in the field of spectroscopy at a time when advances in the state of the art had reached a critical point.
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Elsevier Science & Technology
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978-0-444-81944-4 (9780444819444)
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Perspectives on laser spectroscopy (A.L. Schawlow). Part 1 Laser Spectroscopy FIR - UV: Experimental techniques for high-resolution laser spectroscopy of small molecules and clusters (W. Demtroder et al.). High-resolution and high-sensitivity spectroscopy using semiconductor diode lasers (M. Inguscio). Application of laser spectroscopy to fundamental molecular species: H3+ and solid H2 (T. Oka). A history of laser frequency measurements (1967-1983) - the final measurement of the speed of light and the redefinition of the meter (K.M. Evenson). Laser spectroscopy in the far-ultraviolet region (B.P. Stoicheff). Part 2 Spectroscopy and Surface Effects: Surface spectroscopy by nonlinear optics (Y.R. Shen). Gas manipulation by light (L. Moi). Ultrahigh Resolution. High-resolution laser spectroscopy (V.P. Chebotayev). Frequency-stabilised lasers - a driving force for new spectroscopies (J.L. Hall). Part 3 Fundamental Experiments: Measurement of parity nonconservation in atoms (C.E. Wieman et al.). High-resolution spectroscopy of the hydrogen atom; measurement of the Rydberg constant (L. Julien et al.) Laser spectroscopy of atomic hydrogen (T.W. Hansch). Precision atom interferometry and an improved measurement of the 13SI-23SI, transition in positronium (S. Chu). Part 4 Ion Traps: Laser stabilization to a single ion (J.C. Bergquist, W.M. Itano, D.J. Wineland). Single-atom experiments and the test of quantum physics (H. Walther). Single ions for metrology and quantum optics (P.E. Toschek). Precision hyperfine spectroscopy in ion traps (G. Werth). Part 5 Cooling: Laser cooling from the semi-classical to the quantum regime (J. Dalibard, Y. Castin). Part 6 Atom Interferometers: Atom optics (M. Sigel, C.S. Adams, J. Mlynek). Part 7 Quantum Optics: Cavity quantum electrodynamics (S. Haroche). Squeezed states of light (E. Giacobino). Part 8 Chaos: Quantum chaos and laser spectroscopy (D. Kleppner).
