Mesoscopic Quantum Optics
Published on 10. November 1999
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-471-14874-6 (ISBN)
Description
This new work presents an eclectic treatment of quantum optics, quantum measurements, and mesoscopic physics. Beginning with the fundamentals of quantum optics, the book then provides scientists and engineers with the latest experimental work in the area of optical measurements.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
591 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-14874-6 (9780471148746)
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Persons
Professor Yoshihisa Yamamoto has performed his research at Tokyo University, MIT, Stanford and other prestigious institutions before he became professor at Stanford. He teaches various courses on quantum optics and has published more than 350 papers and two books.
Atac Imamoglu is the author of Mesoscopic Quantum Optics, published by Wiley.
Atac Imamoglu is the author of Mesoscopic Quantum Optics, published by Wiley.
Content
Basic Concepts.
Canonical Quantization.
Quantum States of the Electromagnetic Fields.
Coherence of the Electromagnetic Fields.
Quantum States of Atoms.
Interaction between Atoms and Fields.
Mathematical Methods for System-Reservoir Interaction.
Stochastic Wavefunction Methods.
Quantum Nondemolition Measurements.
Semiconductor Bloch Equations.
Excitons and Polaritons.
Coulomb Blockade and Squeezing.
Current Noise in Mesoscopic and Macroscopic Conductors.
Nonequilibrium Green's Function Formalism.
Quantum Statistical Properties of a Laser.
Index.