Quantum Optics
Subtitle: Including Noise Reduction, Trapped Ions, Quantum Trajectories, and Decoherence
By: by Miguel Orszag
Series: Advanced Texts in Physics; Advanced Texts in Physics
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 361
ISBN-13: 9783662041161; 9783662041147
Subjects: Physics
Description: Quantum Optics gives a very broad coverage of basic laser-related phenomena that allow scientists and engineers to carry out research in quantum optics and laser physics. It covers the quantization of the electromagnetic field, quantum theory of coherence, atom-field interaction models, resonance fluorescence, quantum theory of damping, laser theory using both the master equation and the Langevin approach, the correlated-emission laser, input-output theory with application in nonlinear optics, quantum trajectories, atom optics, quantum non-demolition measurements and generation of non-classsical vibrational states of ions in a Paul trap. These topics are presented in a unified and didactic manner. The presentation of the book is clear and pedagogical; it balances the theoretical aspects of the optical phenomena with recent relevant experiments.
Notes: Online full text is restricted to subscribers.

Also available in print.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: Einstein's Theory of Atom-Radiation Interaction; title: Atom-Field Interaction; title: Quantization of the Electromagnetic Field; title: Sates of the Electromagnetic Field ..; title: Quantum Theory of Coherence; title: Phase Space Description; title: Atom-Field Interaction; title: System-Reservoir Interactions; title: Resonance Fluorescence; title: Quantum Laser Theory ..; title: Quantum Noise Reduction ..; title: Quantum Phase; title: Quantum Trajectories; title: Atom Optics; title: Measurements, Quantum Limits and all that; title: Trapped Ions; title: Decoherence; title: Appendices.