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Elements of Quantum Optics

Elements of Quantum Optics gives a self-contained and broad coverage of the basic elements necessary to understand and carry out research in laser physics and quantum optics, including a review of basic quantum mechanics and pedagogical introductions to system-reservoir interactions and to second qu...

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Main Authors: Meystre, Pierre. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Sargent, Murray. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edition:4th ed. 2007.
Subjects:
Elementary particles (Physics).
Quantum field theory.
Lasers.
Photonics.
Quantum optics.
Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.
Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.
Quantum Optics.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74211-1
Table of Contents:
  • Classical Electromagnetic Fields
  • Classical Nonlinear Optics
  • Quantum Mechanical Background
  • Mixtures and the Density Operator
  • CW Field Interactions
  • Mechanical Effects of Light
  • to Laser Theory
  • Optical Bistability
  • Saturation Spectroscopy
  • Three and Four Wave Mixing
  • Time-Varying Phenomena in Cavities
  • Coherent Transients
  • Field Quantization
  • Interaction Between Atoms and Quantized Fields
  • System-Reservoir Interactions
  • Resonance Fluorescence
  • Squeezed States of Light
  • Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics
  • Quantum Theory of a Laser
  • Entanglement, Bell Inequalities and Quantum Information.

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