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Book SynopsisThis book discusses many advances in optical physics and is intended mainly for experimentalists. The interaction of electromagnetic radiation with free atoms is introduced using classical or semi-classical calculations wherever possible. Topics discussed include the spontaneous emission of radiation, and atomic beam magnetic resonance experiments.
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Table of Contents1. 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 Atoms and Molecules ; 7. Forbidden Transitions and Metastable Atoms ; 8. The Width and Shape of Spectral Lines ; 9. The Absorption and Stimulated Emission of Radiation ; 10. Radiative Transfer and the Formation of Spectral Lines ; 11. Population Inversion Mechanisms in Gas Lasers ; 12. Resonant Modes of Optical Cavities ; 13. Saturation Characteristics and the Single-Frequency Operation of Gas Lasers ; 14. Turnable Dye Lasers and Atomic Spectroscopy ; 15. The Hanle Effect and the Theory of Resonance Flourescence Experiments ; 16. Optical Double Resonance Experiments ; 17. Optical Pumping Experiments ; 18. The Hyperfine Structure of Atoms and its Investigation by Magnetic Resonance Methods ; Appendix
