Atomic and Laser Spectroscopy [Paperback]

This book discusses many advances in optical physic, and is aimed at advanced undergraduates taking courses in atomic physics, or graduate students in the fields of lasers, astrophysics, and physical chemistry. The book is intended mainly for experimentalists, and the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with free atoms is introduced using classical or semi-classical calculations wherever possible. Topics discussed include the spontaneous emission of radiation, stimulated transitions and the properties of gas and turnable dye lasers, and the physics and applications of resonance fluorescence, optical double resonance, optical pumping, and atomic beam magnetic resonance experiments.

1. Introduction
2. Review of Classical Electrodynamics
3. Review of Quantum Mechanics
4. The Spontaneous Emission of Radiation
5. Selection Rules for Electric Dipole Transitions
6. Measurement of Radiative Lifetimes of Atoms and Molecules
7. Forbidden Transitions and Metastable Atoms
8. The Width and Shape of Spectral Lines
9. The Absorption and Stimulated Emission of Radiation
10. Radiative Transfer and the Formation of Spectral Lines
11. Population Inversion Mechanisms in Gas Lasers
12. Resonant Modes of Optical Cavities
13. Saturation Characteristics and the Single-Frequency Operation of Gas Lasers
14. Turnable Dye Lasers and Atomic Spectroscopy
15. The Hanle Effect and the Theory of Resonance Flourescence Experiments
16. Optical Double Resonance Experiments
17. Optical Pumping Experiments
18. The Hyperfine Structure of Atoms and its Investigation by Magnetic Resonance Methods
Appendix