The authors review the history, current status, physical mechanisms, experimental methods,
and applications of nonlinear magneto-optical effects in atomic vapors. They begin by …

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This book is addressed at upper-level undergraduate and graduate students involved in
research in atomic, molecular, and optical Physics. It will also be useful to researchers …

Laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) techniques currently used as an optical diagnostic to study
and characterize non-thermal equilibrium plasmas are reviewed. The general mechanisms …

Plasma processing is one of the key technologies worldwide, especially using nonthermal,
low-temperature plasmas. Recently, the situation is characterized by the fast-growing …

The theoretical foundations of atom dynamics in laser fields are reviewed in relation with
applications to laser spectroscopy, control of atomic motion, atom traps and frequency …

The behaviour of a two-level atom saturated by a resonant fluctuating laser beam is studied.
A classical description of the light wave is used, corresponding to a laser well above …

Coherence, entanglement, and interference arise from quantum superposition, the most
distinctive and puzzling feature of quantum physics. Silverman, whose extensive …

Angular momentum and transition dipole moment; 2. Excited state angular momenta
distribution; 3. Ground state angular momenta polarization; 4. Effect of external magnetic …

We report the observation of an electric hexadecapole moment in the ground state of free
sodium atoms. The Δm F= 4 coherence, which corresponds to this moment, is created by the …