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

Abstract

(1) Quantum jumps; (2) Coherent transients; (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, collisions, pressure-induced resonances, dressed atoms, laser-assisted collisions, magnetic-state polarization, broadband noise, 4-wave mixing, stochastic fields, quantum jumps, collective effects, exchange collision kernel, optical Bloch Equations, coherent transients.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1989
Accession Number
ADA213112

Entities

People

  • P. R. Berman

Organizations

  • New York University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Broadband
  • Coefficients
  • Collisions
  • Frequency
  • Laser Spectroscopy
  • Lasers
  • Light Sources
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Optics
  • Picosecond Time
  • Quantum Optics
  • Radiation
  • Spectroscopy
  • Transport Ships
  • Wave Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Quantum Computing