Dissipative Systems in Quantum Optics by Qhf Vrehen
In studying the radiation-matter interaction, one can take two different approaches. The first is typical of spectroscopy: one considers the interaction between radi- ation and a single atom, i. e., one studies those phenomena in which the presence of other atoms is irrelevant. The other attitude consists, in contrast, in studying those phenomena which arise just from the simultaneous presence of many atoms. In fact, all the atoms interact with the same electromagnetic field; under suitable conditions, this situation creates strong atom-atom correlations, which in turn give rise to a cooperative behavior of the system as a whole. Cooperative means that the overall behavior is quite different from the superposition of the effects arising from single atoms and is completely unpredictable if one neglects the coup- ling between the atoms induced by their common electromagnetic field. This book contains five complete and up-to-date contributions on the theory and experiments of three coherence effects in radiation-matter interaction: resonance fluorescences, optical bistability, and superfluorescence. They have raised in- creasing interest in recent years from both a fundamental and an applicative view- point. Even if their phenomenology appears completely different, these effects be- long in the same book because they are striking examples of open systems driven far from thermal equilibrium, as those considered in Haken's synergetics and in Prigogine's theory of dissipative structures. This aspect is discussed in the in- troducting chapter, in which we outline the basic physics and the essential features which unify these three effects.-
Nonequilibrium Vibrational Kinetics
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Mössbauer Spectroscopy II
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Superconductivity in Ternary Compounds II
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Structural Phase Transitions II
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Electromagnetic Theory of Gratings
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Solitons
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The Stratospheric Aerosol Layer
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Structural Phase Transitions I
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Amorphous Solids
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Neutron Diffraction
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Positrons in Solids
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Molecular Collision Dynamics
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Hyperfine Interactions of Radioactive Nuclei
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Structure and Dynamics of Surfaces I
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Physics of Superionic Conductors
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Modern Three-Hadron Physics
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Ocean Acoustics
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Inverse Scattering Problems in Optics
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Theory of Chemisorption
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Beam-Foil Spectroscopy
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Structure and Collisions of Ions and Atoms
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Coherent Nonlinear Optics
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Microscopic Methods in Metals
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Superconductivity in Ternary Compounds I
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Excitons
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Aerosol Microphysics I
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Real-Space Renormalization
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Raman Spectroscopy of Gases and Liquids
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Structure and Dynamics of Surfaces II
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Multiple-Photon Excitation and Dissociation of Polyatomic Molecules
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Synchrotron Radiation
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Thin Film and Depth Profile Analysis
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Electron Spectroscopy for Surface Analysis
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Inverse Source Problems in Optics
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Magnetic Electron Lenses
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Crystal Cohesion and Conformational Energies
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Aerosol Microphysics II
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Monte Carlo Methods in Statistical Physics
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Coherent Radiation Sources
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Photoacoustic, Photothermal and Photochemical Processes in Gases
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Photoacoustic, Photothermal and Photochemical Processes at Surfaces and in Thin Films
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Dynamics of Solids and Liquids by Neutron Scattering
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Persistent Spectral Hole-Burning: Science and Applications
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Metallic Magnetism
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Computer Processing of Electron Microscope Images
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Applications of the Monte Carlo Method in Statistical Physics
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| ISBN 13 | 9783642817199 |
| ISBN 10 | 364281719X |
| Title | Dissipative Systems in Quantum Optics |
| Author | R Bonifacio |
| Series | Topics In Current Physics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Year published | 2011-12-08 |
| Number of pages | 154 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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