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Atomic and laser spectroscopy / Alan Corney.

By: Corney, Alan.
Series: Oxford classic texts in the physical sciences. Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2006, c1977Description: xvii, 763 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780199211456 (pbk.); 0199211450 (pbk.).Subject(s): Atomic spectroscopy | Laser spectroscopyDDC classification: 543.5
Contents:
1. Introduction. - 2. Review of classical electrodynamics. - 3. Review of quantum mechanics. - 4. The spontaneous emission of radiation. - 5. Selection rules for electric dipole transitions. - 6. Measurement of radiative lifetimes of atom and moleucules. - 7. Forbidden transitions and metastabel atoms. - 8. The width and shape of spectral lines. - 9. The absorption and stimulated emission of radiation. - 10. Radiative transfers and the formation of spectral lines. - 11. Population inversion mechanisms in gas lasers. 12. Resonant modes of optical cavities. - 13. Saturation characteristics and single-prezuency operation of gas lasers. - 14. Tunable dye lasers and atomic spectroscopy. - 15. The handle effect and the theory of resonance fluorescence experiments. - 16. Optical double reasonance experiments. - 17. Optical pumping experiments. - 18. The hyperfine structure of atoms and its investigation by magnetic reasonce methods. - Appendix. - Author index. - Subject index.
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Paberback reissue of the work originally published: 1977.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

1. Introduction. - 2. Review of classical electrodynamics. - 3. Review of quantum mechanics. - 4. The spontaneous emission of radiation. - 5. Selection rules for electric dipole transitions. - 6. Measurement of radiative lifetimes of atom and moleucules. - 7. Forbidden transitions and metastabel atoms. - 8. The width and shape of spectral lines. - 9. The absorption and stimulated emission of radiation. - 10. Radiative transfers and the formation of spectral lines. - 11. Population inversion mechanisms in gas lasers. 12. Resonant modes of optical cavities. - 13. Saturation characteristics and single-prezuency operation of gas lasers. - 14. Tunable dye lasers and atomic spectroscopy. - 15. The handle effect and the theory of resonance fluorescence experiments. - 16. Optical double reasonance experiments. - 17. Optical pumping experiments. - 18. The hyperfine structure of atoms and its investigation by magnetic reasonce methods. - Appendix. - Author index. - Subject index.