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Field Guide to Light-Matter InteractionFormat | Member Price | Non-Member Price |
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Pages: 170
ISBN: 9781510646995
Volume: FG51
- Preface
- Glossary of Symbols and Acronyms
- Introduction
- Light and Matter in Ancient Greece
- Light and Matter in the Common Era
- Light: Waves and Particles
- The Current Evolution of the Concept of Light
- Maxwell's Equations
- Boundary Conditions
- Electromagnetic Waves
- Properties of Electromagnetic Waves
- The Electromagnetic Spectrum
- Cavity Radiation
- The Stefan–Boltzmann Law
- Planck's Law for Cavity Radiation
- Blackbody Radiation
- The Photon
- Temporal and Spatial Coherence
- Matter
- Atoms
- The Bohr Theory of the Hydrogen Atom
- Wave–Particle Duality
- Wavefunction
- The Schrödinger Equation
- A Solution to the Schrödinger Equation
- Quantum States
- Quantum Mechanical Measurements
- Operators and Expectation Values
- Density Matrix
- Wave Packet
- The Schrödinger Equation for Single-Electron Atoms
- Quantum Numbers
- Selection Rules
- Electron Spin
- Spin–Orbit Interaction
- Total Angular Momentum of Single-Electron Atoms
- Total Angular Momentum of Multi-Electron Atoms
- Independent-Particle Approximation
- Periodic Table of Elements
- Mendeleev's Periodic Table
- Molecules
- Classification of Simple Molecules
- Molecular Vibrations
- Molecular Rotations
- Molecular Transitions
- Gases, Liquids, and Solids
- The van der Waals Interaction and Covalent Solids
- Ionic and Metallic Solids
- Energy Bands in Solids
- Phonons
- Crystal Lattice
- Reciprocal Lattice
- The Debye Frequency
- Lattice Vibrations
- Quantized Vibrational Modes
- Classification of Light–Matter Interaction Processes
- Light–Atom, Light–Molecule, and Light–Solid Interaction
- Rabi Frequency
- The Stark Effect
- The Zeeman Effect
- The Electron Oscillator Model
- Spontaneous Emission
- Classical Oscillator Absorption
- Light Absorption
- Stimulated Emission
- Oscillator Strength
- Frictional Process
- Radiative Broadening
- Collisional Broadening
- Doppler Broadening
- Homogeneous and Inhomogeneous Broadening
- Active Media
- Einstein A and B Coefficients
- Solid-State Laser Operation
- Absorption and Stimulated Emission Cross Sections
- Absorption and Gain Coefficients
- Population Inversion
- Three-Level Laser Scheme
- Gain Saturation
- Laser Threshold Gain
- Coherence in Light–Atom Interaction
- Optical Bloch Equations
- The Bloch Sphere
- Photon Echo
- Collective Spontaneous Emission
- Spontaneous Radiation and Superradiance
- Superradiance Compared with Superfluorencence
- Self-Induced Transparency
- Electromagnetic Field Generation
- Vector and Scalar Potentials
- Near Field, Intermediate Field, and Far Field
- Oscillating Electric Dipole
- Oscillating Magnetic Dipole
- Electric Dipole versus Magnetic Dipole
- Quantization of the Electromagnetic Field
- Light Propagation
- Polarization of a Dielectric Medium
- Light Propagation in a Dielectric
- Normal and Anomalous Dispersion
- Light Propagation in a Metal
- Polaritons
- Dielectric Function
- Surface Polaritons
- Resonant Linear Susceptibility
- Nonlinear Optical Effects
- Anharmonic Oscillator
- First-Order Classical Electric Susceptibility
- Second-Order Classical Electric Susceptibility
- Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory
- Perturbative Corrections in the Electric Field
- Polarization Calculation
- Linear and Nonlinear Susceptibilities
- Nonlinear Optics Effects
- Second-Order Optical Wave Interactions
- The Linear Electro-Optic Effect
- The Wave Equation for Nonlinear Media
- Coupled-Wave Equations
- Second-Harmonic Generation
- Difference-Frequency Generation
- Phase-Matching Conditions
- Third-Order Optical Wave Interactions
- Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Interactions
- Self-Focusing
- Self-Phase Modulation
- Solitons
- Four-Wave Mixing
- Third-Harmonic Generation
- Spontaneous Raman Scattering
- Raman Active Phonons
- Stimulated Raman Scattering
- Spontaneous Brillouin Scattering
- Principals of Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
- Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
- Light–Plasma Interaction
- The Debye–Hückel Length
- Plasma Permittivity
- Electromagnetic Waves in a Plasma
- Optical Pressure
- A Short History of Optical Pressure
- Optical Force in the Ray Optics Regime
- Optical Trapping as Scattering
- Optical Force in Rayleigh (Dipole) Approximation
- Equation Summary
- Bibliography of Further Reading
- Index
The interaction of light and matter has been a subject of scientific research since the 5th century BC. Its investigation has resulted in the evolution from the ancient corpuscular theory to the wave theory and finally to the quantum theory. Application of the theoretical research on light–matter interaction has led to numerous scientific achievements, including lasers, optical trapping, and optical cooling, among others. Indeed, it has brought into existence the entire field of photonics.
The primary objective of Field Guide to Light–Matter Interaction is to provide an overview of the basic principles of light and matter interaction using classical, semiclassical, and quantum approaches. The book covers basic photonics concepts using classical electrodynamics. A vast majority of light–matter interaction problems can be treated to a high accuracy within the semiclassical theory, where atoms with quantized energy levels interact with classical electromagnetic fields. The concepts involved in these problems are all addressed. The book also considers the interaction of matter with quantized electromagnetic fields consisting of photons. This approach gives a complete account of light–matter interaction, explaining many effects (such as the photoelectric effect) that cannot be explained using classical electromagnetic fields. The book elucidates the interaction of electromagnetic waves with atoms, molecules, solids, and plasma. It also covers the main concepts of optical pressure.
Field Guide to Light–Matter Interaction can also serve as a complement to Field Guide to Laser Cooling Methods, published by SPIE Press in 2019.
I would like to thank SPIE Director of Publications Patrick Franzen and Field Guide Series Editor Scott Tyo for the opportunity to write a Field Guide for one of the most interesting areas of current scientific research. I also wish to thank the anonymous reviewers for their many useful suggestions and comments on the draft of this Field Guide. Finally, I wish to thank SPIE Press Sr. Editor Dara Burrows for her help.
This book is dedicated to my mom, Albina.
Galina Nemova
February 2022
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