Molecular Quantum Electrodynamics (Dover Books on Chemistry)

Reprint of a 1984 work providing a systematic introduction to this highly specialized subject. Coverage includes formal derivations of the quantized field matrix elements for many laser-molecule interaction effects, Rayleigh and Raman scattering, non-linear optical processes, self-interactions, and transformations and multipolar electrodynamics. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.