Jul 16 2010
New book from John Wiley and Sons, namely, ‘Optically Pumped Atoms’, covers knowledge on the optical pumping of atoms. The report is supported by several modelling computation examples for optically pumped systems.
For the first time, the authors prove that the new scientific computing software makes possible to examine the complete, multi-level system of optical pumping of atoms. The authors have presented key points with MATLAB codes, to make the discussions more clear.
To use the modern mathematical software effectively, it is better to study the optical pumping conditions in the Liouville space of density matrices, instead of the conventional Hilbert space of wave functions. This methodology enables modelling to be done under various experimental conditions such as magneto-optic forces over multi-level atoms, magnetic resonance with single or multiple oscillating magnetic fields, CPG or coherent population trapping resonances generated by modulated light, and other spin-relaxation processes.
Few of the key topics discussed in the ‘Optically Pumped Atoms’ book are alkali-metal atoms, density matrix and Liouville space, wave functions and Schroedinger Space, optical pumping of atoms, light propagation, and Quasi-Steady-State optical pumping.