Quantum Optics of Light Scattering / by Alexander A. Lisyansky, Evgeny S. Andrianov, Alexey P. Vinogradov, Vladislav Yu. Shishkov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lisyansky, Alexander A.

Contributor:

Andrianov, Evgeny S.

Vinogradov, Alexey P.

Shishkov, Vladislav Yu.

Series:

Springer Series in Optical Sciences, 1556-1534 ; 249

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quantum optics.

Crystallography.

Optical spectroscopy.

Metamaterials.

Nanophotonics.

Plasmonics.

Quantum Optics.

Crystallography and Scattering Methods.

Optical Spectroscopy.

Nanophotonics and Plasmonics.

Local Subjects:

Quantum Optics.

Crystallography and Scattering Methods.

Optical Spectroscopy.

Metamaterials.

Nanophotonics and Plasmonics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2024.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2024.

Summary:

This book presents a quantum framework for understanding inelastic light scattering which is consistent with the classical descriptions of Raman phenomena and Rayleigh scattering, thus creating a unified theoretical picture of light scattering. The Raman effect was discovered in 1928 and has since proved to be one of the most powerful tools to study the molecular structure of gases, liquids, and crystals. The subsequent development of new scientific disciplines such as nonlinear optics, quantum optics, plasmonics, metamaterials, and the theory of open quantum systems has changed our views on the nature of Rayleigh and Raman scattering. Today, there are many excellent books on the theory and applications of light scattering, but a consistent description of light scattering from a unified viewpoint is missing. The authors’ approach has the power to re-derive the results of both classical and quantum approaches while also addressing many questions that are scattered across the research literature: Why is Rayleigh scattering coherent while Raman scattering is not, although both phenomena are caused by the incidence of a coherent wave? Why are coherent Stokes and coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering caused by two coherent incident waves both always coherent? This book answers these questions and more, and explains state-of-the-art experimental results with a first-principles approach that avoids phenomenological arguments. Many of the results presented are appearing in book form for the first time, making this book especially useful for young researchers entering the field. The book reviews basic concepts of quantum mechanics and quantum optics and comes equipped with problems and solutions to develop understanding of the key mathematical techniques. The rigorous approach presented in the book is elegant and readily grasped, and will therefore prove useful to both theorists and experimentalists at the graduate level and above, as well as engineers who use Raman scattering methods in their work.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Exactly solvable problems of atom interaction with external electromagnetic field

Chapter 3. Open quantum systems

Chapter 4. Coherent light

Chapter 5. Semi-classical description of high-intensity Rayleigh light scattering

Chapter 6. Quantum description of Rayleigh scattering of quantized EM field

Chapter 7. Summary of Part I

Chapter 8. Problems for Part I

Chapter 9. Introduction

Chapter 10. The Hamiltonian of the interaction between electronic and nuclear subsystems of a molecule

Chapter 11. Spontaneous Raman scattering

Chapter 12. Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)

Chapter 13. The progress in study of the Raman Effect after the laser invention

Chapter 14. Raman effect in conventional lasers

Chapter 15. Conclusions

Chapter 16. Problems for Part II.

ISBN:

3-031-56638-6