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Chapter 1 Introduction to Laser |
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1.1 Historical background |
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1.2 Spontaneous and Stimulated Emission and Absorption |
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1.3 Stimulated emission as a process of amplification |
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5 | (1) |
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1.4 Population Inversion for Amplification |
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5 | (1) |
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1.5 Feedback for sustained amplification |
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6 | (1) |
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1.7 Properties of laser radiation |
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7 | (4) |
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7 | (2) |
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9 | (1) |
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10 | (1) |
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11 | (12) |
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1.8.1 CW and Pulse Lasers |
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11 | (1) |
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1.8.2 Gas Laser: Helium Neon Laser |
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12 | (2) |
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1.8.3 Semiconductor Laser |
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14 | (4) |
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18 | (1) |
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19 | (2) |
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1.8.6 Solid State Ruby Laser |
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21 | (2) |
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1.9 Laser Beam Propagation |
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23 | (10) |
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1.9.1 Modes in Optical Resonator |
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23 | (1) |
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1.9.2 Mode broadening and photon lifetime |
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24 | (2) |
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26 | (1) |
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1.9.5 Gaussian Line Shape of Laser Beam |
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27 | (2) |
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1.9.6 Higher order Laser Modes |
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29 | (1) |
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1.10 Elementary Laser theory based on Rate Equations |
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30 | (1) |
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1.10.1 Three-level rate equation |
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30 | (1) |
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1.10.2 Population inversion in the steady state |
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31 | (2) |
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1.11 Operation of Pulse Laser |
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33 | (8) |
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33 | (5) |
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38 | (3) |
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1.12 Non-linear effects in Laser Physics |
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41 | (10) |
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1.12.1 Nonlinear optical effects |
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41 | (1) |
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1.12.2 Non-linear polarization |
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42 | (1) |
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1.12.3 Second Harmonic Generation |
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42 | (2) |
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1.12.4 Theoretical treatment |
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44 | (2) |
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1.12.5 Optical Parametric Oscillator |
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46 | (3) |
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49 | (1) |
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Chapter 2 Semi-classical Theory of Atom-Field Interaction |
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51 | (14) |
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2.1 Semi-classical treatment |
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2.2 Atom Field Interaction |
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51 | (2) |
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53 | (1) |
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2.4 Broadening of spectral lines |
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54 | (5) |
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55 | (1) |
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2.4.2 Collision Broadening |
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56 | (2) |
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58 | (1) |
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2.5 Strong Field Case: Rabi Oscillation |
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59 | (6) |
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63 | (1) |
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64 | (1) |
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Chapter 3 Density Matrix Equations |
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3.2 Density matrix of a statistical ensemble |
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66 | (1) |
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3.3 Decay phenomena and Density matrix equations for two-level atoms |
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3.4 Vector model solution of density matrix equations |
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69 | (2) |
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3.5 Moving atoms in a progressive wave |
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78 | (2) |
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80 | (1) |
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Chapter 4 Saturation Absorption Spectroscopy |
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81 | (17) |
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4.1 Moving atoms in a standing wave |
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81 | (4) |
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85 | (1) |
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4.3 Crossover resonance dip |
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85 | (1) |
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4.4 Closed transitions and Optical Pumping |
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86 | (2) |
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4.5 Atomic energy levels of Rubidium |
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88 | (3) |
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4.6 Saturation Spectroscopy Experiment |
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91 | (7) |
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96 | (1) |
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97 | (1) |
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Chapter 5 Semi classical Theory of Laser Action |
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5.1 Self-consistent theory of laser |
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98 | (1) |
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5.2 Maxwell's field equations |
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5.3 Expansion in normal modes |
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5.4 Lamb's self-consistency equations |
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100 | (3) |
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5.5 Mode Polarization for two level atoms in a cavity |
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103 | (1) |
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5.6 Rate equation approximation |
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104 | (2) |
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106 | (1) |
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5.8 Non-linear Polarization |
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107 | (2) |
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5.9 Intensity and Frequency of a Single Mode Laser |
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109 | (4) |
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113 | (1) |
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114 | (5) |
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118 | (1) |
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118 | (1) |
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Chapter 6 Quantum Theory of Radiation |
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6.1 Quantum nature of radiation |
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6.2 Maxwell's equations of classical electrodynamics in free space |
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6.3 Solution of the wave equation |
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121 | (1) |
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6.4 Confinement of radiation in a cavity |
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122 | (2) |
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6.5 Quantization of the radiation field |
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124 | (1) |
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6.6 Single Mode Radiation Field |
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125 | (2) |
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127 | (1) |
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6.8 Multimode Radiation Field |
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128 | (1) |
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129 | (6) |
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134 | (1) |
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134 | (1) |
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Chapter 7 Quantum Theory of Atom Field Interaction |
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135 | (15) |
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7.1 Atom-Field Hamiltonian in terms of Pauli operators |
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135 | (1) |
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7.2 Absorption and emission process |
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136 | (2) |
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138 | (4) |
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7.4 Rate equation treatment of atom field interaction |
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142 | (3) |
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7.5 Theory of spontaneous emission: Wigner-Weisskopf model |
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145 | (5) |
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149 | (1) |
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149 | (1) |
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Chapter 8 Doppler-free spectroscopy with laser |
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150 | (15) |
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150 | (1) |
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8.2 Density matrix equations for three-level system |
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151 | (1) |
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8.3 Perturbation solution |
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152 | (1) |
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8.4 Doppler free two-photon spectroscopy |
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153 | (2) |
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8.5 Dark state and Coherent Population Trapping |
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155 | (2) |
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8.6 Electromagnetically Induced Transparency |
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157 | (4) |
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8.7 EIT and Optical Pumping in multilevel atoms |
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161 | (4) |
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164 | (1) |
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164 | (1) |
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Chapter 9 Laser Cooling and Bose Einstein Condensation |
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165 | (22) |
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9.1 Basic phenomena of atom cooling and trapping |
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165 | (3) |
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165 | (1) |
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9.1.2 Kinetics of atomic motion |
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166 | (1) |
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9.1.3 Cooling and trapping of gas phase atoms |
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166 | (2) |
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168 | (1) |
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9.3 Force acting on the atom in a laser field |
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169 | (2) |
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171 | (2) |
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9.4.1 Anti-Helmholz Configuration |
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172 | (1) |
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173 | (4) |
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173 | (1) |
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9.5.2 Cooling and Trapping Force |
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174 | (1) |
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9.5.3 Experimental setup of the MOT |
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174 | (2) |
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176 | (1) |
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9.6 Bose Einstein Condensation |
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9.6.1 Condensation of Boson |
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177 | (1) |
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9.6.3 Cold Atom as a de Broglie Wave |
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177 | (1) |
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9.6.4 Quantum Identity Crisis |
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178 | (1) |
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9.6.5 Theoretical aspects |
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179 | (4) |
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9.6.6 Evaporative Cooling |
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183 | (1) |
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9.6.7 Observation and application of BEC |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (1) |
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186 | (1) |
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Chapter 10 Lasers in Quantum Information Science |
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10.1 Quantum entanglement |
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187 | (2) |
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187 | (1) |
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187 | (2) |
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10.2 Quantum teleportation |
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189 | (1) |
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189 | (1) |
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10.3.1 Qubits in Quantum Computation |
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190 | (1) |
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10.3.2 Physical realization of Quantum Computer |
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190 | (3) |
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193 | (1) |
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