Quantum Optics
Published on 4. September 1997
Book
Hardback
652 pages
978-0-521-43458-4 (ISBN)
Description
The field of quantum optics has witnessed significant theoretical and experimental developments in recent years. This book provides an in-depth and wide-ranging introduction to the subject, emphasising throughout the basic principles and their applications. The book begins by developing the basic tools of quantum optics, and goes on to show the application of these tools in a variety of quantum optical systems, including lasing without inversion, squeezed states and atom optics. The final four chapters are devoted to a discussion of quantum optical tests of the foundations of quantum mechanics, and to particular aspects of measurement theory. Assuming only a background of standard quantum mechanics and electromagnetic theory, and containing many problems and references, this book will be invaluable to graduate students of quantum optics, as well as to researchers in this field.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises; 3 Tables, unspecified; 129 Line drawings, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 255 mm
Width: 181 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight
1465 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-43458-4 (9780521434584)
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09/1997
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Content
1. Quantum theory of radiation; 2. Coherent and squeezed states of the radiation field; 3. Incoherent states of the radiation field; 4. Field-field and photon-photon correlation interferometry; 5. Atom-field interaction - semiclassical theory; 6. Atom-field interaction - quantum theory; 7. Lasing without inversion and other effects of atomic coherence and interference; 8. Quantum theory of damping - density operator and wave function approach; 9. Quantum theory of damping - Heisenberg-Langevin approach; 10. Resonance fluorescence; 11. Quantum theory of laser - density operator approach; 12. Quantum theory of laser - Heisenberg-Langevin approach; 13. Theory of the micromaser; 14. Correlated emission laser: concept, theory and analysis; 15. Phase sensitivity in quantum optical systems: applications; 16. Squeezing via non-linear optical processes; 17. Atom optics; 18. The EPR paradox, hidden variables and Bell's Theorem; 19. Quantum non-demolition measurements; 20. Quantum optical tests of complementarity; 21. Two-photon interferometry and the quantum measurement problem.