The Second European Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics was held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, from 15 through 19 April 1985. This report focuses on presentations dealing with Rydberg systems, clusters, and coherent vacuum ultraviolet and x-ray ultraviolet generation. It also lists the topics of all other fields covered by the meeting. Keywords: Atomic physics; Molecular physics; Rydberg systems; Clusters; Vacuum ultraviolet radiation; X-ray ultraviolet radiation. (Author).
The Second European Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics was held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, from 15 through 19 April 1985. This report focuses on presentations dealing with Rydberg systems, clusters, and coherent vacuum ultraviolet and x-ray ultraviolet generation. It also lists the topics of all other fields covered by the meeting. Keywords: Atomic physics; Molecular physics; Rydberg systems; Clusters; Vacuum ultraviolet radiation; X-ray ultraviolet radiation. (Author).
This conference, held at Internationales Wissenschaftsforum, Heidelberg, Germany, from 4-8 April 2005, brought together physicists, chemists, and surface scientists from around the world to discuss advances in our understanding of how atoms and molecules interact with each other and with applied fields when they are near surfaces. The fields include static magnetic and electric fields as well as electromagnetic fields in the optical frequency range. This understanding is, of course, essential for the controlled manipulation of matter at the atomic scale by micro- and nanostructured devices. Several principal themes motivate the efforts of this interdisciplinary community: the fundamental physics of quantum degenerate gases near surfaces, the realisation of `atom chips' for the construction of quantum information gates and registers, the development of integrated `on chip' sources providing atoms on demand, the ability to control precision doping, at the atomic level, new molecular spectroscopies appearing under reduced dimensionality imposed by surfaces, and advances in STM and AFM `bottom up' construction of functional devices, starting from the fundamental atom building block. What follows here are the written CAMS proceedings based on the presentations, oral and poster, of the research pursued by the various participating groups. CAMS was organised and supported by FASTNet, Field-Atom-Surface Training Network, a 5th Framework Research and Training Network of the European Union. A sister network, ATOMCHIPS, also participated in the financial and scientific support of the conference. The CAMS workshop emphasised the participation of the young scientists, post-docs and pre-docs of the two networks. In addition financial support from the European Science Foundation is gratefully acknowledged. The conference was held at the Internationales Wissenschaftsforum of the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg. The excellent facilities and the competent support of the professional staff, headed by Dr Theresa Reiter, managing director, created a genial environment for scientific discussion and exchange. Their invaluable assistance is also gratefully acknowledged.
This second edition course text introduces the fundamental quantum physics of atoms and molecules. With revised and extended content, this book is the first volume in a series of three aiming to present a broad coverage of atomic, molecular, solid-state and statistical physics. Divided into three parts, the first provides a historical perspective leading to the contemporary view of atomic and molecular physics, outlining the principles of non-relativistic quantum mechanics. The second covers the physical description of atoms and their interaction with radiation, whilst the third deals with molecular physics. The book’s pedagogical features include conceptual layout sections that define the goals of each chapter, a simplified but rigorous mathematical apparatus, and a thorough discussion of approximations used to develop the adopted physical models. Key features • Fills a gap for a self-contained undergraduate textbook in atomic and molecular physics. • Is tailored for a one-semester course. • Focuses on a selected set of topics, whilst also providing substantial, in-depth coverage of the subject. • Emphasises phenomenology rather than mathematics/formalism. • Uses various pedagogical features, including end-of-chapter exercises with solutions.
Abstract : Studies of multiphoton ionization of atoms have revealed several unexpected characteristics. The confluence of the experimental evidence leads to the hypothesis that the basic character of the atomic response involves highly organized, coherent motions of entire atomic shells. The important regime, for which the radiative field strength E is greater than an atomic unit, can be viewed in approximate correspondence with the physics of fast atom-atom scattering. This physical picture provides a basis for the expectation that stimulation emission in the x-ray range can be produced by direct highly nonlinear coupling of ultraviolet radiation to atoms. Keywords: Ions, Multiphoton, Photons.
The Summer School on Quantum Optics, the last of which was organized by J. Held, J. Czub and M. Gil of the Universi ty of Gdansk, at Cetniewo, Poland from 1-8 September 1981 has become a traditional event for young physicists from eastern and western European countries to discuss recent developments in their fields and to keep in contact.At Cetniewo, about 80 students and scientists from seven coun tries met at the well-appointed sports train ing centre on the Baltic sea.Three main subjects had been chosen and there were presented by lectures at sessions covering respectively experimental and theoretical aspects.(1) The quantum theory of electromagnetic fields and their interaction with atoms and molecules were highlighted in a series of lectures which included light-induced collisional energy transfer and changes in ato mic eigenstates by off-resonant monochro matic light.It was shown, that the emis sion spectrum of a resonant-excited two level system contains sidebands at the atomic Rabi-frequency of the laser field.Coherence and saturation phenomena in photoionisation and different aspects of optical bistability were also treated.(2) Recent experimental developments in quantum optics and atomic physics gave special emphasis to the spectroscopy of Rydberg atoms.New results of double resonance experiments on high levels in in dium served as an example to demonstrate the remarkably good agreement between theory and experiment.The use of ther mionic diodes in experiments on lithium have allowed the determination of ground state isotope shifts, which had not been detected in Rydberg D-states.The possibi lity of using sensitive Rydberg-spectroscopy for the detection of infrared photons was discussed.Another interesting subject was trapped-ion spectroscopy.Very high precision experiments in different laborato ries on hyperfine splittings have successful ly demonstrated ion cooling, which was discussed in detail at the school.This ses sion was completed by a lecture about X-ray polarisation in atomic collisions.(3) The third session covered reactive colli sions including the basis and recent results in chemiluminescence, chemical lasers, in vestigations of collisional energy transfer in vibrationally excited molecules, reactive formation of molecules in collisions and molecular beam scattering from solid sur faces.
This Special Issue of Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics brings together the contributions of various researchers working on theoretical and experimental aspects of cold quantum gases. Different aspects of atom optics, matter wave interferometry, laser manipulation of atoms and molecules, and production of very cold and degenerate gases are presented. The variety of subjects demonstrates the steadily expanding role associated with this research area. The topics discussed in this issue, extending from basic physics to applications of atom optics and of cold atomic samples, include: •Bose--Einstein condensation •Fermi degenerate gases •Characterization and manipulation of quantum gases •Coherent and nonlinear cold matter wave optics •New schemes for laser cooling •Coherent cold molecular gases •Ultra-precise atomic clocks •Applications of cold quantum gases to metrology and spectroscopy •Applications of cold quantum gases to quantum computing •Nanoprobes and nanolithography. This special issue is published in connection with the 7th International Workshop on Atom Optics and Interferometry, held in Lunteren, The Netherlands, from 28 September to 2 October 2002. This was the last in a series of Workshops organized with the support of the European Community that have greatly contributed to progress in this area. The scientific part of the Workshop was managed by A Hemmerich, W Hogervorst, W Vassen and J T M Walraven, with input from members of the International Programme Committee who are listed below. The practical aspects of the organization were ably handled by Petra de Gijsel from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. The Workshop was funded by the European Science Foundation (programme BEC2000+), the European Networks 'Cold Quantum Gases (CQG)', coordinated by E Arimondo, and 'Cold Atoms and Ultraprecise Atomic Clocks (CAUAC)', coordinated by J Henningsen, by the German Physical Society (DFG), by the Dutch Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM) and by the Dutch Gelderland province. We thank all these sponsors and the members of the International Programme Committee for making the Workshop such a success. At this point we take the opportunity to express our gratitude to both authors and reviewers, for their efforts in preparing and ensuring the high quality of the papers in this special issue. Wim Vassen Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam Andreas Hemmerich Universität Hamburg Ennio Arimondo Università di Pisa Guest Editors International Programme Committee A Aspect Orsay, France E Cornell Boulder, USA W Ertmer Hannover, Germany T W Haensch Munich, Germany A Hemmerich Hamburg, Germany W Hogervorst Amsterdam, The Netherlands D Kleppner Cambridge, USA C Salomon Paris, France G V Shlyapnikov Amsterdam, Paris, Moscow S Stringari Trento, Italy W Vassen Amsterdam, The Netherlands J T M Walraven Amsterdam, The Netherlands