Laser Physics at the Limits

by Hartmut Figger (Editor)

Application of Atomic Clocks.- Achievements in Optical Frequency Metrology.- Towards an Optical Hydrogen Clock.- Methane Frequency Standard for Precision Measurements.- The Parametric Frequency-Interval Divider.- External Laser Stabilization.- Miniaturized Laser Magnetometers and Clocks.- High-Noise, Low-Resolution Spectroscopy.- Two-Photon Spectroscopy of Hydrogen.- Precision Spectroscopy on the Lyman-? Transitions of H and He.- Towards Laser Spectroscopy of Antihydrogen.- Ramseyfication of the Resonant Nonlinear Faraday Effect.- Sensitive Detection Techniques of Laser Overtone Spectroscopy.- Multiple-Beam Atom An Overview.- Pursuing Fundamental Physics with Novel Laser Technology.- Precision Optical Measurements and Fundamental Constants.- Quantum Electrodynamics and All That.- Lasers to Test Fundamental Physics in Space.- Measuring the Birefringence of the QED Vacuum.- Observing Mechanical Dissipation in Quantum An Experimental Challenge.- Precision in Length.- Probing an Optical Field with Atomic Resolution.- From Spectral Relaxation to Quantified Decoherence.- Laser Cooling of Trapped Ions.- Conditional Spin Resonance with Trapped Ions.- From Diode Laser to Atom Laser.- Optical Components for a Robust Bose-Einstein Condensation Experiment.- From Atoms to Single Biomolecules Through Bose-Einstein Un Saluto da Firenze per Theodor.- Cavity Cooling with a Hot Cavity.- Zeeman-Tuned Surfing the Resonance Wave.- A New Approach for Laser Cooling of Calcium.- The Design of Enhancement Cavities for Second Harmonic Generation.- Raman Technique for Femtosecond Pulse Generation.- High-Order Harmonics and White Looking for Fringes and Finding Much More.- MeV Electrons and Positrons from a Femtosecond Table-Top Laser System.- Small Molecules in Intense Laser Fields - Dissociation and Stabilization.- Linear and Nonlinear Raman Spectroscopy of Gases.- Nonlinear Properties of Laser-Generated Giant Surface Acoustic Wave Pulses in Solid Materials.- Radiative Control and Quantum Single Atom Wants to Meet Single Photon.- Optical Lattices as a Playground for Studying Multiparticle Entanglement.- Efficient Generation of Polarization-Entangled Photon Pairs with a Laser Diode Source.- Small is Beautiful.- Atomic Looping.- A Toroidal Magnetic Guide for Neutral Atoms.- Si29 A New Form of Silicon.- Molecular Self-Assembly.

560 pages, Paperback

First published November 2, 2001