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We have written a collection of computer programs to implement most of the semiclassical theory of light-matter interactions for an atom with an arbitrary level scheme and for arbitrary driving light. Both a direct numerical system and a symbolic-manipulation scheme employing Mathematica are discussed. Examples are given on resonance fluorescence of a sodium atom, laser cooling in three-dimensional optical molasses, and polarization gradient cooling of a trapped ion.
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Javanainen, J. (1993). Software atom of optical physics. In: Ehlotzky, F. (eds) Fundamentals of Quantum Optics III. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 420. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0113560
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