Coherent Cooperative Phenomena

This anthology is devoted to the theoretical and experimental study of coherent phenom­ ena in quantum optics. Considerable attention is devoted to the investigation of cooperative effects in multilevel molecular and atomic systems. The theoretical analysis is based on a single approach, using the theory of groups, which makes it possible to present the results in a compact and physically elegant form. The results of a detailed experimental and theoretical investigation of the photon echo, self-induced transparency, and nutation are presented. The theory of a coherent resonant mechanism for the interaction of laser radiation with multi­ atomic molecules which causes "prompt" dissociation is presented. A number of applied pos­ sibilities, in particular, the control of radiation by laser light and laser isotope separation, are analyzed. v CONTENTS Coherent Physics and Its Applications. • . . • • . . • . . . . . . . . . . • • • • . . . • . . . . 1 L. A. Shelepin Superradiance Effects in Molecular Systems. . . . . • . . . . . . • . . • • • . . • . . . 19 • . . I. M. Lizin, T. M. Makhviladze, and L. A. Shelepin Coherence and Radiation Control in Multilevel Systems . . . . • • • • • • . . • • . . . . 35 • V. P. Kudrya, T. M. Makhviladze, 1. G. Sinitsyn, and L. A. Shelepin Difference Methods and Their Role in the Theory of Coherent Phenomena. . . . • . . 53 V. P. Karasev and L. A. Shelepin A study of the Coherent Interaction of Pulsed Infrared Radiation with Molecular Gases. . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . • . . . . . . . . • • . . • . . . . 89 . . . . . . . . • S. S.