Quantum oscillators /

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Main Author: Henri-Rousseau, Olivier
Other Authors: Blaise, Paul
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2011
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Color Plates
  • Basis Required for Quantum Oscillator Studies. Basic Concepts Required for Quantum Mechanics
  • Basis for Quantum Approaches of Oscillators
  • Quantum Mechanics Representations
  • Simple Models Useful for Quantum Oscillator Physics
  • Single Quantum Harmonic Oscillators. Energy Representation for Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
  • Coherent States and Translation Operators
  • Boson Operator Theorems
  • Phase Operators and Squeezed States
  • Anharmonicity. Anharmonic Oscillators
  • Oscillators Involving Anharmonic Couplings
  • Oscillator Populations in Thermal Equilibrium. Dynamics of a Large Set of Coupled Oscillators
  • Density Operators for Equilibrium Populations of Oscillators
  • Thermal Properties of Harmonic Oscillators
  • Quantum Normal Modes of Vibration. Quantum Electromagnetic Modes
  • Quantum Modes in Molecules and Solids
  • Damped Harmonic Oscillators. Damped Oscillators
  • Vibrational Spectroscopy. Applications to Oscillator Spectroscopy
  • Appendix
  • Index.