|
|
1 | (34) |
|
|
1 | (3) |
|
1.2 Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy |
|
|
4 | (8) |
|
1.2.1 Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Potassium |
|
|
8 | (2) |
|
1.2.2 Molecular Aggregates |
|
|
10 | (2) |
|
|
12 | (10) |
|
1.3.1 Parametric Downconversion |
|
|
13 | (2) |
|
1.3.2 Entangled-Photon Interferometry |
|
|
15 | (2) |
|
1.3.3 Entangled-Photon Spectroscopy |
|
|
17 | (5) |
|
|
22 | (2) |
|
1.5 Time and Energy Scales in This Dissertation |
|
|
24 | (11) |
|
|
25 | (10) |
|
2 Nonlinear Optical Signals |
|
|
35 | (58) |
|
2.1 Motivation and Overview |
|
|
35 | (2) |
|
2.2 Light-Matter Hamiltonian and Liouville Space Notation |
|
|
37 | (4) |
|
2.2.1 Light-Matter Interaction |
|
|
37 | (2) |
|
2.2.2 Liouville Space Notation |
|
|
39 | (2) |
|
2.3 Quantum Optical Field Measurements |
|
|
41 | (9) |
|
|
42 | (5) |
|
2.3.2 Fluorescence Signals |
|
|
47 | (2) |
|
2.3.3 Classical Versus Quantum Response Functions |
|
|
49 | (1) |
|
2.4 Effective Interactions in Ion Chains |
|
|
50 | (12) |
|
2.4.1 Phonon Excitation by Stimulated Raman Scattering |
|
|
51 | (10) |
|
2.4.2 Electronic Transitions |
|
|
61 | (1) |
|
|
62 | (13) |
|
|
62 | (5) |
|
2.5.2 Unrestricted Loop Diagrams |
|
|
67 | (3) |
|
|
70 | (3) |
|
2.5.4 Time Versus Frequency Domain Expressions |
|
|
73 | (1) |
|
|
74 | (1) |
|
2.6 Susceptibilities Versus Transition Amplitudes in the Quantum Domain |
|
|
75 | (8) |
|
|
75 | (3) |
|
2.6.2 Third-Order Absorption |
|
|
78 | (5) |
|
2.7 Synopsis: Diagrammatics in a Nutshell |
|
|
83 | (10) |
|
|
84 | (2) |
|
|
86 | (2) |
|
2.7.3 Benefits of the Diagrammatic Representation |
|
|
88 | (1) |
|
|
89 | (4) |
|
3 Excited State Distributions and Fluorescence Signals |
|
|
93 | (50) |
|
3.1 Excursion: Matter Correlations Induced by Coupling to Quantum Light |
|
|
94 | (6) |
|
3.1.1 Classical Coherent Light |
|
|
98 | (1) |
|
3.1.2 Superpositions of Two-Photon Fock States |
|
|
99 | (1) |
|
3.2 Excited State Distributions and Fluorescence |
|
|
100 | (3) |
|
3.3 Two-Photon Induced Fluorescence (TPIF) |
|
|
103 | (10) |
|
3.3.1 Entangled Two-Photon Induced Fluorescence |
|
|
105 | (3) |
|
3.3.2 Intensity Crossover |
|
|
108 | (5) |
|
3.4 The Bacterial Reaction Center |
|
|
113 | (10) |
|
|
113 | (3) |
|
|
116 | (4) |
|
|
120 | (1) |
|
3.4.4 Correlated Separable State |
|
|
121 | (2) |
|
|
123 | (11) |
|
|
123 | (2) |
|
|
125 | (4) |
|
3.5.3 Correlated Separable State |
|
|
129 | (2) |
|
3.5.4 Time-Energy Uncertainty |
|
|
131 | (3) |
|
3.6 Fluorescence Signals of the Bacterial Reaction Center |
|
|
134 | (4) |
|
|
138 | (5) |
|
|
140 | (3) |
|
4 Pump-Probe Measurements with Entangled Photons |
|
|
143 | (24) |
|
|
143 | (4) |
|
4.2 Pump-Probe-Like Signals of Model Systems |
|
|
147 | (14) |
|
|
148 | (1) |
|
|
149 | (4) |
|
4.2.3 Off-Resonant Intermediate States |
|
|
153 | (1) |
|
4.2.4 Resonant Intermediate States |
|
|
154 | (5) |
|
4.2.5 Comparison: Classical Laser Pulses |
|
|
159 | (1) |
|
4.2.6 Intensity Crossover |
|
|
160 | (1) |
|
4.3 Pump-Probe Signals of the Bacterial Reaction Center |
|
|
161 | (3) |
|
|
164 | (3) |
|
|
164 | (3) |
|
|
167 | (24) |
|
5.1 Frequency-Resolved Measurements |
|
|
168 | (3) |
|
5.1.1 Classical Measurements |
|
|
170 | (1) |
|
|
171 | (10) |
|
5.2.1 Frequency Domain Expressions |
|
|
173 | (1) |
|
|
174 | (7) |
|
5.3 Interferometric Signals of the Bacterial Reaction Center |
|
|
181 | (7) |
|
5.3.1 Frequency Domain Signals |
|
|
181 | (1) |
|
5.3.2 Classical Pump-Probe Signal |
|
|
182 | (2) |
|
5.3.3 Two-Photon Counting Setup |
|
|
184 | (4) |
|
|
188 | (3) |
|
|
189 | (2) |
|
|
191 | (14) |
|
6.1 Frequency Conversion Hamiltonian |
|
|
192 | (3) |
|
6.2 Field Correlation Functions |
|
|
195 | (3) |
|
6.2.1 Two-Point Correlation Function |
|
|
195 | (2) |
|
6.2.2 Four-Point Correlation Function |
|
|
197 | (1) |
|
6.3 Transition Amplitudes |
|
|
198 | (2) |
|
|
200 | (3) |
|
|
203 | (2) |
|
|
204 | (1) |
|
7 Trapped Ion Spectroscopy |
|
|
205 | (28) |
|
|
206 | (3) |
|
7.1.1 Motional Degrees of Freedom |
|
|
206 | (2) |
|
7.1.2 Electronic Degrees of Freedom |
|
|
208 | (1) |
|
|
209 | (3) |
|
|
211 | (1) |
|
7.3 Three-Pulse Schemes - Single Quantum Coherence |
|
|
212 | (9) |
|
|
212 | (4) |
|
7.3.2 Steady State Currents |
|
|
216 | (2) |
|
7.3.3 (Quantum) Phase Transitions |
|
|
218 | (2) |
|
7.3.4 Multiple Excitations in the SQC Signal |
|
|
220 | (1) |
|
7.4 Five-Pulse Schemes - Double Quantum Coherence and Photon Echo |
|
|
221 | (7) |
|
7.4.1 Detection of Anharmonicities |
|
|
221 | (3) |
|
7.4.2 Multi-exciton Transport |
|
|
224 | (2) |
|
|
226 | (2) |
|
|
228 | (2) |
|
|
230 | (3) |
|
|
231 | (2) |
|
8 Conclusions and Outlook |
|
|
233 | (6) |
|
|
237 | (2) |
Appendix A Parametric Downconversion |
|
239 | (16) |
Appendix B The Bacterial Reaction Center of Blastochloris viridis |
|
255 | (3) |
References |
|
258 | |