Editors:
- Presents an overview of the state of the art in ultrafast laser phenomena, laser spectroscopy and quantum optics
- Illustrates advances in laser physics and quantum technology
- Dedicated to Nobel prize winner Theodor W. Hänsch by his collaborators
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Table of contents (44 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
Selected contributions are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license via link.springer.com. Please see the copyright page for further details.
Editors and Affiliations
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Institute for Applied Physics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Dieter Meschede
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Max-Planck-Institute for Quantenoptik (MPQ), Garching, Germany
Thomas Udem
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Institute for Quantum Electronics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Tilman Esslinger
About the editors
Prof. Dr. Tilman Esslinger
Head of the Quantum Optics Group, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Research area: Quantum gases, quantum simulation, quantum optics
Major scientific accomplishments: first experimental realization of a Fermi-Hubbard model and the Mott insulator using a fermionic quantum gas trapped in an optical lattice, measurement of the critical exponent of the correlation length in a Bose gas, first realization of a one-dimensional atomic quantum gas, cavity QED and cavity opto-mechanics with Bose- Einstein condensates, observation of the Dicke quantum phase transition, optical lattices with Dirac points, realization of the topological Haldane model, observation of quantized conductance in a Fermi gas.
Prof. Dr. Dieter Meschede
Head of Quantum Technology group at University Bonn, Germany
Editor-in-Chief of the journal Applied Physics B – Lasers and Optics,
Research interests: Quantum technologies with single neutral atoms, few-atom quantum systems, discrete-time quantum walks, cavity QED, digital quantum simulators
Prof. Dr. Thomas Udem
Permanent research associate at the Laser spectroscopy division / Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics / Garching and Institute of Physics Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.
Research interests: Ultraprecise laser spectroscopy, Frequency combs in the extreme ultraviolet, High harmonic generation, Atomic physics with ion traps, Precision spectroscopy of single atoms, hydrogen and hoydrogen-like systems, Test of fundamental laws, Search for slowly varying constants, Frequency combs infrared and extreme ultraviolet, Ion traps, Intra-cavity high harmonic generation
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Exploring the World with the Laser
Book Subtitle: Dedicated to Theodor Hänsch on his 75th birthday
Editors: Dieter Meschede, Thomas Udem, Tilman Esslinger
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64346-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-64345-8Published: 12 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87774-7Published: 06 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-64346-5Published: 02 January 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 812
Number of Illustrations: 31 b/w illustrations, 262 illustrations in colour
Topics: Spectroscopy and Microscopy, Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Quantum Optics, Spectroscopy/Spectrometry