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Optically Polarized Atoms is addressed at upper-level undergraduate and graduate students involved in research in atomic, molecular, and optical Physics. It will also be useful to researchers practicing in this field. It gives an intuitive, yet sufficiently detailed and rigorous introduction to light-atom interactions with a particular emphasis on the symmetry aspects of the interaction, especially those associated with the angular momentum of atoms and light. The book will enable readers to carry out practical calculations on their own, and is richly illustrated with examples drawn from current research topics, such as resonant nonlinear magneto-optical effects. The book comes with a software package for a variety of atomic-physics calculations and further interactive examples that is freely downloadable from the book’s web page, as well as additional materials (such as power-point presentations) available to instructors who adopt the text for their courses.

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Editorial Reviews: Review Book Received, American Journal of Physics”This is an excellent undergraduate textbook which provides a modern treatment of atom-light interactions from an experimentalist’s perspective. I recommend this book to any student who aims for a deep understanding of the concepts in atomic physics and how to apply them to current research topics.” –Dieter Jaksch, University of Oxford”Many modern atomic physics experiments use subtle effects of atom-light interactions, be they the destructive interference associated with coherent superpositons, or the dynamics of optical pumping, or alignment to orientation conversion. Having such topics discussed in a coherent theoretical framework provides an excellent resource.” –Ifan Hughes, Durham University”I highly recommend Optically Polarized Atoms and will probably use it next time I teach my graduate course. … The book is specifically intended for use in a one-semester course in which the symmetry and angular-momentum aspects of atomic structure and laser-atom interactions are central. … The level of detail and the clarity of explanations are admirable.” –Daniel F. V. James, Physics Today”The recently published book Optically Polarized Atoms by Marcis Auzinsh, Dmitry Budker and Simon M. Rochester will be a unique and valuable addition to the library of anyone – students or established researchers… It provides a rich mine of information about atomic physics that is hard to find elsewhere. I intend to keep a copy on my shelf of favorite physics books.” –William Happer, Princeton University About the Author Marcis Auzinsh is the Rector of the University of Latvia, where he was previously Chairman of the Senate, Dean of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, and Head of Center of Excellence for Basic Research in Nanoscale Physics and Application. He has held visiting positions at universities around the world, and is a Member of Executive Commitee of the European Physical Society.Dmitry Budker took his PhD at the University of California at Berkeley, where he won the 1994 American Physical Society Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Atomic, Molecular, or Optical Physics. He is now a Professor of Physics there. In 2005 he was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society, and in 2009 became a American Physical Society Outstanding Referee.Simon M. Rochester is a Graduate Student Researcher at the University of California at Berkeley, where he holds a NASA Earth System Science Fellowship.

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⭐”Optically Polarized Atoms” by Auzinsh, Budler and Rochester is a very welcomed book packed with solid information and brings to mind the nostalgic I still have for the magnificent book by Robert Bernheim, “Optical Pumping: An Introduction” through which I first learned aspects of the subject of optical polarized atoms beginning in 1969 during my DoD work on optically pumped magnetometers. The detailed information in “Optically Polarized Atoms” represents a foundation that would prepare nearly anyone with sufficient interest and motivation to work in the advanced physics of this topic or in applying the fruits of the subject in practical usage as an engineer. To help in those areas, the authors offer an atomic physics web site containing Mathematica software for atomic density matrix calculations. I’d recommend that such a web site in the future contain animations for things such as their Figure 10.2, etc.Although it is a minor point, I like the fact that Auzinsh et al’s book also reminds the reader of interesting, probably forgotten but nearly breathtaking facts, such as when the authors remind the reader that the fine structure constant times the speed of light is the velocity of the electron in the first Bohr orbit in hydrogen. It is nice to be reminded of such facts. I am also pleased with the fact that the co-author Simon Rochester is more than willing to respond to questions.Auzinsh et al’s use of Gaussian units is not my preference and I certainly do not agree with their view that Gaussian units are useful because they are not “polluted” with certain coefficients as I personally associate physical significance to those “polluted” coefficients used in the MKS system of units and it should be easier for most readers to ignore such “polluted” coefficients than for a struggling reader to perform the unit conversion voodoo to conjure them up. But conventions are convenient, especially for the authors. The use of Gaussian units in my opinion may threaten some engineering applications with the potential for errors that could prove costly. The authors would do well to realize that in another engineering field, well removed from optical pumping, as in the case of spacecraft engineering for the exploration of Mars with the $600,000,000.00 Mars Climate Observer, a unit mix-up, between NASA and Lockheed, caused the expensive and valuable mission to be lost.There are two areas the book could do better in. One is on the unique and interesting applications of optically polarized atoms with real examples of systems. The other is on the details of the interaction of polarized light with atoms in terms of the spin, or helicity, of photons. Chapter 20 on “Photoionization of polarized atoms with polarized light” was far too short and is the only chapter that had me wishing for an expansion of content. For my interests, Auzinsh et al’s book needs a bit more on photon spin; something deeper but along the lines of Roger Penrose’s discussion on photon spin found roughly mid-way through Penrose’s book titled “The Road to Reality”. But, compared to the unquestionable and overall excellence of Auzinsh et al’s book, my desire for more on the interaction of polarized light with atoms in terms of the spin of photons is a very minor pet peeve.”Optically Polarized Atoms” by Auzinsh, Budler and Rochester introduces you nicely to the various properties of quantum mechanics needed and they consistently keep that clarity of introducing facts and methods throughout their book. Their figures, and there are many useful figures, are very well done and add to comprehending the involved complexities. The use of the solid figures of a cow in explaining certain aspects of rotation in quantum mechanics have an accurate creativity that is easy to appreciate, visualize and remember.Andrew Ochadlick,andrewochadlick@comcast.net

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