Atomic and laser spectroscopy / Alan Corney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corney, Alan.

Series:

Oxford classic texts in the physical sciences.

Oxford classic texts in the physical sciences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atomic spectroscopy.

Laser spectroscopy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (782 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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 solutions; 2.4. Linear and circular polarizations

2.5. The energy density and the Poynting vector2.6. 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 Schrödinger wave equation; 3.2. Expectation values and matrix elements; 3.3. Solution of Schrödinger's equation for spherically symmetric potentials; 3.4. Orbital angular momentum

3.5. Hydrogenic wave functions3.6. 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 electrodynamics; 4.5. Spontaneous transitions between degenerate levels; 4.6. Radiative lifetimes of excited atoms

4.7. Intensity of light emitted by optically thin sources4.8. 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 spin; 5.3. 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 reading6. 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; References; General references and further reading; 7. FORBIDDEN TRANSITIONS AND METASTABLE ATOMS; 7.1. Magnetic dipole transitions; 7.2. Electric quadrupole radiation; 7.3. Selection rules for magnetic dipole and electric quadrupole transitions; 7.4. Two-photon decay of hydrogenic systems

7.5. Forbidden transitions in helium-like systems

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Originally published: 1977.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0-19-152633-9

1-281-16082-2

1-4356-3104-8

9786611160821

OCLC:

922954140