Prologue
Acknowledgments
Author biography
Glossary of symbols
1 Introduction
2 Quantum dynamics
2.1 Hilbert vector states
2.1.1 iterative expansion
2.1.2 Basis expansion
2.2 Subspace dynamics
2.3 von Neumann (density) matrix states
2.3.1 IP iterative expansion
2.4 Homework problems
References
3 Atomic potentials
3.1 Central field
3.2 Harmonic oscillator
3.3 Homework problems
References
4 Laser pulses
4.1 Classical electrodynamics
4.2 Laser pulses in the paraxial approximation
4.3 Coherent and partially coherent fields
4.4 Homework problems
References
5 Quantum systems in laser fields
5.1 Atomic TDSE in the dipole approximation
5.2 Time-dependent perturbation theory
5.3 Driven quantum oscillator
5.4 Homework problems
References
7 Density-matrix element equations
7.1 Resonant ionization
7.2 Ionization in stochastic fields
7.2.1 Averaged equations for resonant auto-ionization
7.3 Homework problems
References
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8 Matrix elements of atomic operators
9 TDSE of hydrogen-like atoms in laser fields
10 Space division of a one-dimensional TDSE
11 Quantum mechanics of vector- and matrix-states
12 Technicalities