光学是一门古老而年轻的学科，21世纪已经成为光子学的世纪，光学技术已经渗透到各个学科和领域，与此相关的光学计量技术正在经历新的变革和发展，传统的计量基准面临新的挑战，双光子相关技术将使光辐射基准由实物基准发展到量子基准，单光子探测技术将使光信号探测和微弱光成像向极限发展，针对这些技术的计量技术为我们提出了新的课题，应当引起足够的重视。
本书是研究“光电子量子计量学”的第一卷基础卷，共分为7部分内容。

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A note on the online materials
A note on the references
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I Concepts and fundamentals
1 Introduction: concepts in photoionization interferometry
1.1 Quantum metrology
1.2 Construction and deconstruction of paradigms: photoionization as
interferometry
1.3 Something old, something new: photoelectron spectroscopy
charged-particle imaging, technology, complexity and emergence
1.4 Putting it all together: quantum metrology with photoelectrons
References
2 Fundamentals of photoelectron interferograms
2.1 Continuum wavefunctions, observables and information content
2.1.1 Concepts
2.1.2 Continuum scattering states
2.1.3 Observables (general form)
2.1.4 Information content
2.2 Photoionization and photoelectron interferograms in detail
2.2.1 Dipole interactions, the weak field limit and photons
2.2.2 Coulombic systems: photoionization of one-electron atoms
2.2.3 Non-Coulombic systems: general introduction to molecular
photoionization
2.2.4 Non-Coulombic systems: single-photon ionization
References
3 Multi-photon processes
3.1 Molecular photoionization from prepared states
3.1.1 State-selected measurements
3.1.2 Rotational wavepackets and molecular alignment
3.1.3 Generic n-state wavepacket model
3.1.4 Born-Oppenheimer wavepacket treatment
3.2 Light and matter
3.2.1 Shaped laser pulses: intra-pulse dynamics and multiplexing
3.2.2 XUV + IR fields: optical phase effects
References
Part II Examples and numerics
4 Scattering wavefunctions and photoionization
Coulombic systems
4.1 Coulomb wavefunctions
4.2 Hydrogenic bound states
4.3 Dipole matrix elements and observables
4.4 Discussion
References
5 Scattering wavefunctions and photoionization
non-Coulombic systems
5.1 Computational tools
5.1.1 Toolchain
5.1.2 ePolyScat matrix elements
5.2 Homonuclear and heteronuclear diatomics: N2 and CO
5.2.1 Continuum wavefunctions
5.2.2 Dipole matrix elements
5.2.3 Observables
5.3 Larger molecules: DABCO and ABCO
5.3.1 Continuum structure and LF observables
5.4 MF observables
5.5 Summary: non-Coulombic molecular scatterers
References
6 Wavepacket dynamics
6.1 Rotational wavepacket model system
6.1.1 Rotational wavepacket calculations
6.1.2 Axis distributions
6.1.3 Ionization calculations
6.1.4 Photoelectron yields
6.1.5 Photoelectron angular interferograms
6.2 Electronic wavepacket model
6.3 Vibronic dynamics in CS2: model system
6.3.1 Overview
6.3.2 Experimental scheme
6.3.3 Modelling the wavepacket and observables
6.3.4 Limiting cases
6.3.5 Symmetry-based modelling and sensitivity
6.4 Vibronic dynamicsin CS2: realistic system and ab initio treatment
6.4.1 Computational overview
6.4.2 Ab initio time-resolved interferograms
6.4.3 Mapping dynamics
References
7 Light and matter
7.1 Shaped laser pulses
7.1.1 Atomic two-photon ionization
7.1.2 Intra-pulse dynamics and observables
7.2 XUV + IR fields: AR-RABBITT observables
References
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