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Optically polarized atomsOptically polarized atoms

Dmitry BudkerUC Berkeley and

LBNL

Marcis AuzinshUniversity of Latvia

Simon M. Rochester

UC Berkeley

Textbook to be published by Oxford University Press

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Goals of the courseGoals of the course LLearn to analyze situations like this:earn to analyze situations like this:

Survey of interesting topics in AMO Survey of interesting topics in AMO (student presentations)(student presentations)

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Approximate scope of the Approximate scope of the coursecourse

Motivation and preliminariesMotivation and preliminaries Atomic statesAtomic states Atoms in external electric and magnetic Atoms in external electric and magnetic

fieldsfields Polarized lightPolarized light Atomic transitionsAtomic transitions Coherence in atomsCoherence in atoms Density matrixDensity matrix ““Maxwell-Bloch” equationsMaxwell-Bloch” equations Examples Examples

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Preliminary IPreliminary IThe hierarchy of scales in the The hierarchy of scales in the

electron worldelectron world To get into the groove and to introduce some To get into the groove and to introduce some

notations, let us write the notations, let us write the

classical radius of the electronclassical radius of the electron2

2e

er

mc

……and the and the fine-structure constantfine-structure constant

2e

c

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Let’s see what happens if we divide Let’s see what happens if we divide rree by powers of by powers of

2e

c

2 2 3

02 2 4~e at

e cr a

mc mc me me

Compton wavelength

Bohr radius

Characteristic wavelength of atomic radiation

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Good books (are hard to Good books (are hard to find)find) Atomic and Laser Spectroscopy by A. Corney

Atomic Spectra and Radiative Transitions by I. I. Sobelman Quantum Theory of Angular Momentum by D. A. Varshalovich, A. N. Moskalev,

and V. K. Khersonskii Angular Momentum in Quantum Mechanics by A. R. Edmonds Angular Momentum by R. N. Zare Polarization of Light by S. Huard Optical Polarization of Molecules by M. Auzinsh and R. Ferber Interference of Atomic States by E. B. Alexandrov, M. P. Chaika, and G. I.

Khvostenko The Quantum Theory of Light by R. Loudon The Physics of Laser-Atom Interactions by D. Suter Optical Pumping. Principles and Applications by W. Happer, Th. Walker, and K.

Bonin – delayed by 9/11 Atomic Physics by C. J. Foot Light and Matter by Y. B. Band Light-Mater Interaction by W. T. Hill, III and C. H. Li Atomic Physics. An Exploration through Problems and Solutions by D. Budker, D.

F. Kimball, and D. P. DeMille

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Errata http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~budker/papers/pdfs/Atomic_Physics_Errata.pdf