Atomic and laser spectroscopy
Alan Corney (Author)
Discusses advances in optical physics and is intended for experimentalists. This book introduces the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with free atoms using classical or semi-classical calculations wherever possible. Topics discussed include the spontaneous emission of radiation, and atomic beam magnetic resonance experiments
1 online resource (xvii, 763 pages) : illustrations
9780191526336, 0191526339
560553996
Preface
CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. Planck's radiation law
1.2. The photoelectric effect
1.3. Early atomic spectroscopy
1.4. The postulates of Bohr's theory of atomic structure
1.5. Development of quantum mechanics
1.6. Interaction of atoms and radiation 1926-39
1.7. Optical physics since 1945
1.8. The present situation (1975)
Problems
References
General references and further reading
2. REVIEW OF CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS
2.1. Maxwell's equations
2.2. The electromagnetic wave equations 2.3. Plane wave solutions2.4. Linear and circular polarizations
2.5. The energy density and the Poynting vector
2.6. Vector and scalar potentials
2.7. Electric dipole radiation
2.8. Rate of radiation by an electric dipole oscillator
2.9. Angular momentum of dipole radiation
2.10. Magnetic dipole radiation
2.11. Electric quadrupole radiation
2.12. Multipole fields
Problems
General references and further reading
3. REVIEW OF QUANTUM MECHANICS
3.1. The SchrÃœdinger wave equation
3.2. Expectation values and matrix elements 3.3. Solution of SchrÃœdinger's equation for spherically symmetric potentials3.4. Orbital angular momentum
3.5. Hydrogenic wave functions
3.6. Spin angular momentum
3.7. Coupling of two angular momenta
3.8. Spin-orbit interaction and the vector model
3.9. Many-electron atoms
Problems
General references and further reading
4. THE SPONTANEOUS EMISSION OF RADIATION
4.1. The classical atomic model
4.2. Radiative lifetime of a classical atom
4.3. Spontaneous emission probability, A[sub(ki)] 4.4. Spontaneous emission according to quantum electrodynamics4.5. Spontaneous transitions between degenerate levels
4.6. Radiative lifetimes of excited atoms
4.7. Intensity of light emitted by optically thin sources
4.8. Oscillator strengths
4.9. The line strength, S[sub(ki)]
4.10. Oscillator strengths in hydrogenic systems
4.11. Theoretical oscillator strengths in complex atoms
Problems
References
General references and further reading
5. SELECTION RULES FOR ELECTRIC DIPOLE TRANSITIONS
5.1. Introduction 5.2. One-electron atoms without spin5.3. One-electron atoms with spin
5.4. Tensor properties of the electric dipole operator
5.5. Many-electron atoms
5.6. Relative intensities in L-S coupling and forbidden transitions
Problems
General references and further reading
6. MEASUREMENT OF RADIATIVE LIFETIMES OF ATOMS AND MOLECULES
6.1. The beam-foil method
6.2. Fast beam experiments using laser excitation
6.3. The delayed-coincidence method using electron excitation
6.4. Delayed-coincidence experiments using optical excitation
Originally published: 1977