The use of tunable lasers in atomic spectroscopy has provided new opportunities to study
the effects of intense coherent resonant radiation on the dynamics of atoms. Under such …

We present an analysis of four-wave parametric amplification resulting from the nonlinear
response of a two-level atomic system. The atomic dipole moment induced by weak optical …

The subject of this review is the collisional redistribution of resonance atomic radiation in
dilute gases. The formation of scattered spectra in weak and intense fields is discussed and …

Application of efficient ultraviolet excimer lasers such as the 248 nm KrF laser to laser fusion
requires that long laser pulses be efficiently converted to short pulses at high intensity. The …

Plasmonic nanostructures are of great current interest as chemical sensors, in vivo imaging
agents, and for photothermal therapeutics. We study continuous-wave (cw) and pulsed-laser …

This book provides an introduction to the body of theory shared by several branches of
modern optics--nonlinear optics, quantum electronics, laser physics, and quantum optics …

We have measured the ac Stark effect in a two-zone stimulated Raman interaction in a
sodium atomic beam. In addition, we have derived simple theoretical expressions for the ac …

This book presents a collection of papers, written during the last 33 years by Claude Cohen-
Tannoudji and his collaborators, on various physical effects which can be observed on …

We investigate the coherent and incoherent contributions of the scattering spectrum of
strongly driven two-level atoms as a function of the initial preparation of the atomic system …

Attention is focused on the dynamic evolution of the emission spectrum following abrupt
excitation of a near-resonant two-level absorber by a strong laser field. The multiphoton …