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Laser Physics


Vol. 15, No. 1, 2005


Special Issue Dedicated to Professor Herbert Walther on His 70th Birth Anniversary

From the Guest Editors

Happy Birthday, Herbert!

G. Leuchs, L. Lugiato, and M. Scully p. 1


Coherent Phenomena

Coherent and BCS-Type Quantum States of Dark Polaritons

Ch. Bolkart, R. Weiss, D. Rostohar, and M. Weitz p. 3  abstract

Single-Loop Interferometer for Minimal Ellipsometry

B.-G. Englert, K. M. Tin, C. G. Goh, and H. K. Ng p. 7  abstract


Fundamental Problems

Talbot–Lau Interferometry with Fullerenes: Sensitivity to Inertial Forces
and Vibrational Dephasing

A. Stibor, K. Hornberger, L. Hackermüller, A. Zeilinger, and M. Arndt p. 10  abstract

Adventures in s Waves

J. P. Dahl, D. M. Greenberger, M. J. W. Hall, G. Süssmann, A. Wolf, and W. P. Schleich p. 18  abstract


Laser Spectroscopy

Radiative Corrections to Multi-Level Mollow-Type Spectra

U. D. Jentschura, J. Evers, and Ch. H. Keitel p. 37  abstract

Generation of Continuous Coherent Radiation at Lyman- and 1S–2P Spectroscopy
of Atomic Hydrogen

A. Pahl, P. Fendel, B. R. Henrich, J. Walz, T. W. Hänsch, and K. S. E. Eikema p. 46  abstract

On the Potential of Faraday Anomalous Dispersion Optical Filters as High-Resolution
Edge Filters

A. Popescu and T. Walther p. 55  abstract

Electric and Magnetic Dipole Transitions of an Atom in the Presence
of Spherical Dielectric Interface

V. V. Klimov  and V. S. Letokhov p. 61  abstract


Physics of Cold Trapped Atoms

Wavepacket Interference in an Optical Lattice

N. V. Morrow and G. Raithel p. 74  abstract

Atom Interferometry with Degenerate Quantum Gases in a Vertical Optical Lattice

H. Ott, E. de Mirandes, F. Ferlaino, G. Roati, G. Modugno, and M. Inguscio p. 82  abstract

Simulation of Quantum Spin Models and Phase Transitions with Trapped Ions

D. Porras and J. I. Cirac p. 88  abstract

Complex Light-Mask Generation for Atom Guiding by Time and Frequency Domain
Intensity Superposition

M. Mützel and D. Meschede p. 95  abstract


Physics of Lasers and Microlasers

From Micromasers to Atom Optics and Back

P. Meystre p. 99  abstract

Power Scaling of High-Power Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers

A. Tünnermann, S. Höfer, A. Liem, J. Limpert, M. Reich, F. Röser,
T. Schreiber, H. Zellmer, T. Peschel, and V. Guyenot
p. 107  abstract

The Single-Molecule Dye Laser

Z. S. Wang, H. A. Rabitz, and M. O. Scully p. 118  abstract


Quantum Optics

Realization of Hyperentangled Two-Photon States

C. Cinelli, M. Barbieri, F. De Martini, and P. Mataloni p. 124  abstract

The Effect of Dissipation on Nonclassical States of the Radiation Field

G. Leuchs and U. L. Andersen p. 129  abstract

Quantum Electrodynamics in Media with Negative Refraction

J. Kästel and M. Fleischhauer p. 135  abstract

Generation of Pure-State Single-Photon Wavepackets by Conditional Preparation Based
on Spontaneous Parametric Downconversion

A. B. U’Ren, C. Silberhorn, K. Banaszek, I. A. Walmsley, R. Erdmann,
W. P. Grice, and M. G. Raymer
p. 146  abstract


Quantum Optics and Information

Speeding up Gate Operations Through Dissipation

A. Beige, H. Cable, C. Marr, and P. L. Knight p. 162  abstract

Manipulation and Storage of Optical-Field and Atomic-Ensemble Quantum States

A. Dantan, A. Bramati, M. Pinard, and E. Giacobino p. 170  abstract

Entangled Imaging in the Large Photon Number Regime

A. Gatti, E. Brambilla, M. Bache, and L. A. Lugiato p. 176  abstract

Criteria of Quantum Correlation in the Measurement of Continuous Variables in Optics

N. Treps and C. Fabre p. 187  abstract


Ultrafast Optics

Attosecond Metrology with Controlled Light Waveforms

M. Uiberacker, E. Goulielmakis, R. Kienberger, A. Baltuska, T. Westerwalbesloh,
U. Keineberg, U. Heinzmann, M. Drescher, and F. Krausz
p. 195  abstract

Time–Frequency Analysis of Single-Shot High-Order Harmonic Spectra

J.-P. Caumes, M. Anscombe, G. Sansone, S. Stagira, M. Nisoli, S. De Silvestri,
C. Vozzi, M. Pascolini, L. Poletto, P. Villoresi, and G. Tondello
p. 205  abstract


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14th International Laser Physics Workshop (LPHYS’05) (Kyoto, July 4–8, 2005)

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