Interaction of Radiation with Matter: Atomic Collision Processes Occurring in the Presence of Radiation Fields

Abstract

Work is reported in areas of: 1) Laser spectroscopic line shapes; 2) Coherent transients including collisional effects; 3) Laser assisted collisions; 4) Collision-induced resonant structures in laser spectroscopy; 5) Collision kernels and transport coefficients; 6) Interactions with broadband noise. Keywords: Laser spectroscopy; Optical collisions; Radiative collisions; Two level atom; Atomic coherence; Degenerate four wave mixing; Saturation spectroscopy; Dressed atom; Photon echo; Bloch equations; Collision kernel; Collisions; Optical noise.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 15, 1988
Accession Number
ADA200136

Entities

People

  • P. R. Berman

Organizations

  • New York University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angular Momentum
  • Atoms
  • Boltzmann Equation
  • Doppler Effect
  • Dye Lasers
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Spectroscopy
  • Lasers
  • Military Research
  • Optics
  • Quantum Properties
  • Scattering
  • Scattering Cross Sections
  • Spectroscopy
  • Two Dimensional
  • Wave Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers