Quantum Detection and Estimation Theory
Published on 14. May 2014
321 pages
978-0-08-095632-9 (ISBN)
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Quantum Detection and Estimation Theory
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English
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Oxford
United States
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978-0-08-095632-9 (9780080956329)
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Carl W. Helstrom
Quantum Detection and Estimation Theory
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01/1976
Academic Press
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Content
- Front Cover
- Quantum Detection and Estimation Theory
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter I. Decision and Estimation
- Chapter II. Classical Detection and Estimation Theory
- 1. Hypothesis Testing
- 2. Binary Decisions
- 3. Reception of Multiple Signals
- 4. Estimation Theory
- 5. Bounds on Estimation Errors
- Chapter III. Quantum Mechanics
- 1. State Vectors and Operators
- 2. Quantum Observation and Measurement
- 3. Independent Quantum Systems
- Chapter IV. Quantum Hypothesis Testing
- 1. Multiple Hypotheses
- 2. Binary Decisions
- 3. The Threshold Detector
- Appendix: Decisions Among Linearly Independent Pure States
- Chapter V. Quantum Electromagnetism
- 1. Normal Modes in the Classical Theory
- 2. The Quantization of the Field
- 3. The Coherent-State Representation
- 4. The Harmonic Oscillator with Thermal Noise
- 5. Coherent-State Representations for Multiple Modes
- 6. Naimark Extension of the Coherent-State Probability-Operator Measure
- 7. Unitary Transformations of Modal Amplitudes
- 8. The External Field
- 9. The Aperture Field
- 10. The Thermal Background
- Chapter VI. Detection of Coherent Light
- 1. Binary Coherent Signals
- 2. Orthogonal Signals
- 3. Other Problems in Coherent Detection
- Appendix: The Counting Receiver for M Orthogonal Signals
- Chapter VII. Detection of Incoherent Light
- 1. The Density Operator
- 2. The Optimum and Threshold Receivers
- 3. The Degrees of Freedom in the Signal
- 4. Detection of Point Sources
- 5. Detection of Extended Objects
- 6. The Resolution of Point Sources
- Chapter VIII. Quantum Estimation Theory
- 1. The Bayesian Formulation
- 2. The Estimation of Displacement Parameters
- 3. The Amplitude of a Coherent Signal
- 4. The Quantum Cramer-Rao Inequality
- 5. Arrival Time and Carrier Frequency of a Signal
- 6. Parameters of an Incoherent Light Field
- Appendix: Derivation of (1.48) and (1.49)
- Chapter IX. Epilogue
- References
- Index
