Statistical Methods in Quantum Optics 1
Subtitle: Master Equations and Fokker-Planck Equations
By: by Howard J. Carmichael
Series: Texts and Monographs in Physics; Texts and Monographs in Physics
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9783642081330; 9783662038758
Subjects: Mathematical physics; Physics
Description: The book provides an introduction to the methods of quantum statistical mechanics used in quantum optics and their application to the quantum theories of the single-mode laser and optical bistability. The generalized representations of Drummond and Gardiner are discussed together with the more standard methods for deriving Fokker--Planck equations. Particular attention is given to the theory of optical bistability formulated in terms of the positive P-representation, and the theory of small bistable systems. This is a textbook at an advanced graduate level. It is intended as a bridge between an introductory discussion of the master equation method and problems of current research.
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Table of contents: title: Dissipation in Quantum Mechanics: The Master Equation Approach; title: Two-Level Atoms and Spontaneous Emission; title: Quantum-Classical Correspondence for the Electromagnetic Field I: The Glauber-Sudarshan P Representation; title: Quantum-Classical Correspondence for the Electromagnetic Field II: P, Q and Wigner Representations; title: Fokker-Planck Equations and Stochastic Differential Equations; title: Quantum-Classical Correspondence for Two-Level Atoms; title: The Single-Mode Homogeneously Broadened Laser I: Preliminaries; title: The Single-Mode Homogeneously Broadened Laser II: Phase-Space Analysis; title: References; title: Index.