Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

by Arimondo; Berman; Lin

• ISBN13: 9780123742902
• ISBN10: 0123742900
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-10-31
• Publisher: Elsevier Science

Summary

This volume continues the tradition of the Advances series. It contains contributions from experts in the field of atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics. The articles contain some review material, but are intended to provide a comprehensive picture of recent important developments in AMO physics. Both theoretical and experimental articles are included in the volume. . International experts . Comprehensive articles . New developments

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. ix
Ionizing Collisions by Positrons and Positronium Impact on the Inert Atoms
Introduction	p. 2
Ion Production by Positron Impact	p. 4
Positronium Ionizing Collisions	p. 27
Conclusions and Outlook	p. 36
Acknowledgments	p. 38
References	p. 39
Interactions Between Thermal Ground or Excited Atoms in the Vapor Phase: Many-Body Dipole-Dipole Effects, Molecular Dissociation, and Photoassociation Probed By Laser Spectroscopy
Introduction	p. 51
Detection of Quantum Beating in Atoms and Molecules by Wavepacket Interferometry and a Coherent Nonlinear Optical Process	p. 54
Many-Body, Dipole-Dipole Interactions Among Excited Alkali Atoms	p. 70
Observation of Molecular Dissociation and Nascent Product State Distributions by the Dipole-Dipole Interaction	p. 82
Coherent Control of Rb[subscript 2] Predissociation	p. 95
Photoassociation of Rare-Gas-Halogen Atomic Pairs at Ambient Temperature	p. 100
Application of Photoassociation to High Intensity Discharge Lighting	p. 110
Summary and Conclusions	p. 112
Acknowledgments	p. 114
References	p. 114
Bose-Einstein Condensates in Disordered Potentials
Introduction	p. 120
How to Produce a Disordered Potential	p. 121
Weakly-interacting Regime	p. 127
Strongly-interacting Regime	p. 145
Conclusions	p. 154
Acknowledgments	p. 154
References	p. 155
Dipole-Dipole Interactions of Rydberg Atoms
Introduction	p. 162
Principles of Resonant Dipole-Dipole Collisions	p. 166
Verification of the Predictions	p. 174
Manipulating Resonant Collisions	p. 181
Dipole-dipole Interactions in the Frozen Rydberg Gas	p. 189
Line Broadening and Blockades	p. 198
Mechanical Effects	p. 204
Conclusion	p. 215
Acknowledgments	p. 216
References	p. 216
Strong-Field Control of X-Ray Processes
Motivation	p. 220
Basic concepts	p. 222
Theoretical aspects	p. 227
General experimental considerations	p. 240
Case studies	p. 242
Summary and outlook	p. 253
Acknowledgments	p. 255
References	p. 255
Optical Trapping Takes Shape: The Use of Structured Light Fields
Introduction	p. 262
Single beam optical tweezers	p. 264
Applications within biophysics and the colloidal sciences	p. 274
Optical trapping with structured light fields and its applications	p. 282
Optical binding	p. 323
Conclusions	p. 324
Acknowledgments	p. 324
References	p. 325
Index	p. 339
Contents of Volumes in This Serial	p. 341
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