Interaction of Radiation with Matter: Atomic Collision Processes Occurring in the Presence of Radiation Fields.
Abstract
Work is summarized in areas of: Laser Assisted Collisions; Velocity Changing collisions in Atomic Vapors; Coherent Transients; Collision Induced Extra Resonances; Breakdown of the Optical Bloch Equations; Saturation Spectroscopy; Dynamics of Two-and Three-level Atoms Interacting with Radiation Fields; Pulse Propagation. Keywords: Laser spectroscopy, Optical collisions, Radiative collisions, Two-level atom, Atomic coherence, Degenerate four-wave mixing, Saturation spectroscopy, Laser propagation,, Dressed atom, Photon echo, Bloch equations, Collision kernal, Collisions, Optical noise.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 15, 1986
- Accession Number
- ADA185461
Entities
People
- P. R. Berman
Organizations
- New York University