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Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Atomic, Molecular, and Optical physics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | Atomic, molecular, and optical physics is the study of matter-matter and light-matter interactions on the scale of single atoms or structures containing a few atoms. |
 | | Molecular physics focuses on multi-atomic structures and their internal and external interactions with matter and light. |
 | | Optical physics is distinct from optics in that it tends to focus not on the control of classical light fields by macroscopic objects, but on the fundamental properties of optical fields and their interactions with matter in the microscopic realm. |
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