Atoms In Electromagnetic Fields

by Cohen-Tannoudji, Claude

• ISBN13: 9789812560193
• ISBN10: 981256019X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-11-28
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Summary

This invaluable book presents papers written during the last 40 years by Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and his collaborators on various physical effects which can be observed on atoms interacting with electromagnetic fields. It consists of a personal selection of review papers, lectures given at schools, as well as original experimental and theoretical papers. Emphasis is placed on physical mechanisms and on general approaches (such as the dressed atom approach) having a wide range of applications. Various topics are discussed, such as atoms in intense laser fields, photon correlations, quantum jumps, radiative corrections, laser cooling and trapping, Bose-Einstein condensation. In this new edition, reprints of few papers published after 1992 have been added.

Table of Contents

General Introduction vii
Section 1. Atoms in Weak Broadband Quasiresonant Light Fields. Light Shifts - Linear Superpositions of Atomic Sublevels
1.1 Theorie Quantique du cycle de pompage optique. Verification experimentale des nouveaux effets prevus
Ann Phys. (Paris) 7, 423 (1962)
1.2. Observation d'un deplacement de raie di resonance magnetique cause par l'excitation optique	8	(4)
C. R. Acad Sea. 252, 294 (1961)
1.3. Experimental study of Zeeman light shifts in weak magnetic fields	12	(18)
(with J. Dupont-Roc)
Phys. Rev. A5, 968 (1972)
1.4 Pompage optique en champ magnétique faible	30	(5)
(with J.-C. Lehmann)
C.R. Acad. Sci. 258, 4463 (1964)
1.5. Detection of very weak magnetic fields (10-9 Gauss) by 87Rb zero-field level crossing resonances	35	(3)
(with J. Dupont-Roc and S. Haroche)
Phys. Lett. A28, 638 (1969)
1.6. Detection of the static magnetic field produced by the oriented nuclei of optically pumped 3He gas	38	(8)
(with J. Dupont-Roc, S. Haroche, and F. Laloë)
Phys. Rev. Lett 22, 758 (1969)
Section 2. Atoms in Strong Radiofrequency Fields. The Dressed Atom Approach in the Radiofrequency Domain
2.1. Optical pumping and interaction of atoms with the electromagnetic field	46	(47)
Cargèse Lectures in Physics, Vol. 2, ed. M. Lévy
(Gordon and Breach, 1968), p. 347
2.2. Modified Zeeman hyperfine spectra observed in H1 and Rb87 ground states interacting with a nonresonant rf field	93	(6)
(with S. Haroche, C. Audoin, and J. P. Schermann)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 24, 861 (1970)
2.3. Resonant transfer of coherence in nonzero magnetic field between atomic levels of different g factors	99	(6)
(with S. Haroche)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 24, 974 (1970)
2.4. Transverse optical pumping and level crossings in free and "dressed" atoms	105	(31)
Fundamental and Applied Laser Physics, eds. M. S. Feld, A. Javan, and N. Kurnit
(John Wiley, 1973), p. 791
Section 3. Atoms in Intense Resonant Laser Beams. The Dressed Atom Approach in the Optical Domain
3.1. Atoms in strong resonant fields	136	(102)
Frontiers in Laser Spectroscopy, eds. R. Balian, S. Haroche, and S. Liberman
(North-Holland, 1977), p.1
3.2. Dressed-atom approach to resonance fluorescence (with S. Reynaud)	238	(17)
Multiphoton Processes, eds. J. H. Eberly and P. Lambropoulos
(John Wiley, 1978), p.103
3.3. Discrete state coupled to a continuum. Continuous transition between the Weisskopf-Wigner exponential decay and the Rabi oscillation	255	(15)
(with P. Avan)
États Atomiques et Moléculaires Couplés a un Continuum. Atomes et Molécules Hautement Excités
Colloques Internationaux du CNRS, No. 273 (1977), p. 93
3.4. Effect of a non-resonant irradiation on atomic energy levels - Application to light-shifts in two-photon spectroscopy and to perturbation of Rydberg states	270	(7)
Metrologia 13, 161 (1977)
3.5. Experimental evidence for compensation of Doppler broadening by light shifts	277	(5)
(with S. Reynaud, M. Himbert, J. Dupont-Roc, and H. H. Stroke)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 42, 756 (1979)
3.6. Observation of Ramsey's interference fringes in the profile of Doppler-free two-photon resonances	282	(10)
(with M. M. Salour)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 38, 757 (1977)
Section 4. Photon Correlations and Quantum Jumps. The Radiative Cascade of the Dressed Atom
4.1 Atoms in stong light fields: Photon antibunching in single atom flourescence	292	(16)
(with S. Reymand)
Phil Trans. R. Soc Lond A293 223 (1979)
4.2 Time Correlations between the two sidebands of the resonance flourescence triplet	308	(5)
(with A. Aspect, G. Roger, S. Reynaud, and J. Dalibard)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 45, 617 (1980)
4.3. Single-atom laser spectroscopy. Looking for dark periods in fluorescence light	313	(9)
(with J. Dalibard)
Europhys. Lett. 1, 441 (1986)
4.4. Photon statistics and quantum jumps: The picture of the dressed atom radiative cascade	322	(14)
(with S. Reynaud and J. Dalibard)
IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 24, 1395 (1988)
Section 5. Atoms in High Frequency Fields or in the Vacuum Field. Simple Physical Pictures for Radiative Corrections
5.1. Effect of high frequency irradiation on the dynamical properties of weakly bound electrons	336	(18)
(with P. Avan, J. Dupont-Roc, and C. Fabre)
J. Phys. (Paris) 37, 993 (1976)
5.2. Physical interpretations for radiative corrections in the non-relativistic limit	354	(18)
(with J. Dupont-Roc and C. Fabre)
J. Phys. B11, 563 (1978)
5.3. Vacuum fluctuations and radiation reaction: Identification of their respective contributions	372	(23)
(with J. Dalibard and J. Dupont-Roc)
J. Phys. (Paris) 43, 1617 (1982)
5.4. Fluctuations in radiative processes	395	(15)
Physica Scripta T12, 19 (1986)
Section 6. Atomic Motion in Laser Light
6.1. Deflection of an atomic beam by a laser wave: Transition between diffractive and diffusive regimes	410	(20)
(with C. Tanguy and S. Reynaud)
J. Phys. B17, 4623 (1984)
6.2. Proposals of stable optical traps for neutral atoms	430	(22)
(with J. Dalibard and S. Reynaud)
Opt. Common. 47, 395 (1983)
6.3. Dressed-atom approach to atomic motion in laser light: The dipole force revisited 437
(with J. Dalibard)
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B2, 1707 (1985)
6.4. Cooling atoms with stimulated emission	452	(5)
(with A. Aspect, J. Dalibard, A. Heidmann, and C. Salomon)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1688 (1986)
6.5. Channeling atoms in a laser standing wave	457	(5)
(with C. Salomon, J. Dalibard, A. Aspect, and H. Metcalf)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 59, 1659 (1987)
6.6. Atomic motion in a laser standing wave	462	(7)
(with J. Dalibard, C. Salomon, A. Aspect, H. Metcalf, and A. Heidmann)
Laser Spectroscopy VIII, eds. W. Persson and S. Svanberg
(Springer-Verlag, 1987), p.81
6.7. Mechanical Hanle effect	469	(9)
(with R. Kaiser, N. Vansteenkiste, A. Aspect, and E. Arimondo)
Z. Phys. D18, 17 (1991)
6.8. Cesium atoms bouncing in a stable gravitational cavity	478	(10)
(with C.G. Aminoff, A.M. Steane, P. Bouyer, P. Desbiolles, and J. Dalibard)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 3083 (1993)
Section 7. Sisyphus Cooling and Subrecoil Cooling
7.1. New mechanisms for laser cooling	488	(10)
(with W. D. Phillips)
Phys. Today 43, 33 (1990)
7.2. Latter cooling below the Doppler limit by polarization gradients: Simple theoretical models	498	(25)
(with J. Dalibard)
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B6, 2023 (1989)
7.3. The lin-it.s of Sisyphus cooling	523	(21)
(with Y. Castin and J. Dalibard)
Light Induced Kinetic Effects on Atoms, Ions and Molecules, eds. L. Moi, S. Gozzini, C. Gabbanini, E. Arimondo, and F. Strumia
(ETS Editrice, Pisa, 1991), p.5
7.4. Dynamics and spatial order of cold cesium atoms in a periodic optical potential	544	(5)
(with P. Verkerk, B. Lounis, C. Salomon, J.-Y. Courtois, and G. Grynberg)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 3861 (1992)
7.5. Sisyphus cooling of a bound atom	549	(13)
(with D. J. Wineland and J. Dalibard)
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B9, 32 (1992)
7.6. Laser cooling below the one-photon recoil energy by velocity-selective coherent population trapping	562	(6)
(with A. Aspect, E. Arimondo, R. Kaiser, and N. Vansteenkiste)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 61, 826 (1988)
7.7. Laser cooling below the one-photon recoil energy by velocity-selective coherent population trapping: Theoretical analysis	568	(14)
(with A. Aspect, E. Arimondo, R. Kaiser, and N. Vansteenkiste)
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B6, 2112 (1989)
7.8. Review on fundamental processes in laser cooling	582	(13)
(with F. Bardou and A. Aspect)
Laser Spectroscopy X, eds. M. Ducloy, E. Giacobino, and G. Camy
(World Scientific, 1992), p.3
7.9. Two-dimensional subrecoil laser cooling	595	(5)
(with J. Lawall, F. Bardou, B. Saubamea, K. Shimizu, M. Leduc, and A. Aspect)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 73, 1915 (1994)
7.10. Three-dimensional laser cooling of helium	600	(5)
beyond the single-photon recoil limit (with J. Lawall, S. Kulin, B. Saubamea, N. Bigelow, and M. Leduc)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 4194 (1995)
7.11. Coherent manipulation of atomic wave packets by adiabatic transfer	605	(5)
(with S. Kulin, B. Saubamea, E. Peik, J. Lawall, T. W. Hijmans, and M. Leduc)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 4185 (1997)
7.12. Direct measurement of the spatial correlation function of ultracold atoms	610	(10)
(with B. Saubamea, T. W. Hijmans, S. Kulin, E. Rasel, E. Peik, and M. Leduc)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 3146 (1997)
Section 8. Levy Statistics and Laser Cooling
8.1. Subrecoil laser cooling and Lévy flights	620	(5)
(with F. Bardou, J. P. Bouchaud, O. Emile, and A. Aspect)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 72, 203 (1994)
8.2. Raman cooling of cesium below 3 nK: New approach inspired by Levy flight statistics	625	(5)
(with J. Reichel, F. Bardou, M. Ben Dahan, E. Peik, S. Rand, and C. Salomon)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 4575 (1995)
8.3. Experimental investigation of nonergodic effects in subrecoil laser cooling	630	(10)
(with B. Saubamea and M. Leduc)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3796 (1999)
Section 9. Bose-Einstein Condensation
9.1. Wave functions, relative phase and interference for atomic Bose-Einstein condensates	640	(34)
(with C. Robilliard)
C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris 2, Série IV, 445 (2001)
9.2. Bose-Einstein condensation of metastable helium	674	(5)
(with F. Pereira Dos Santos, J. Léonard, J. Wang, C. J. Barrelet, F. Perales, E. Rasel, C.S. Unnikrishnan, and M. Leduc)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 3459 (2001)
9.3. Giant helium dimers produced by photoassociation of ultracold metastable atoms	679	(9)
(with J. Léonard, M. Walhout, A. P. Mosk, T. Müller, and M. Leduc)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 073203-1 (2003)
Section 10. A Few Review Papers
10.1. Manipulating atoms with photons	688	(32)
Lex Prix Nobel 1997 (Almquist & Wiksell International), p.99
10.2. Linear superpositions of states in radiative processes	720	(10)
Physica Scripta T70, 79 (1997)
10.3. The Zeeman effect: A tool for atom manipulation	730
Atomic Physics 15, eds. H.B. Van Linden van den Heuvell, J.T.M. Walraven, and W.M. Reynolds (World Scientific, Singapore, 1997), p.237