Quantum optics

Quantum optics has witnessed significant theoretical and experimental developments in recent years. This book provides an in-depth and wide-ranging introduction to the subject, emphasizing throughout the basic principles and their applications. The book begins by developing the basic tools of quantum optics, and goes on to show the application of these tools in a variety of quantum optical systems, including lasing without inversion, squeezed states, and atom optics. The final four chapters discuss quantum optical tests of the foundations of quantum mechanics, and particular aspects of measurement theory. Assuming only a background of standard quantum mechanics and electromagnetic theory, and containing many problems and references, this book will be invaluable to graduate students of quantum optics, as well as to researchers in this field. Frontmatter Contents Dedication Preface Quantum_theory_of_radiation Coherent_and_squeezed_states_of_the_radiation_field Quantum_distribution_theory_and_partially_coherent_radiation Fieldfield_and_photonphoton_interferometry Atomfield_interaction_semiclassical_theory Atomfield_interaction_quantum_theory Lasing_without_inversion_and_other_effects_of_atomic_coherence_and_interference Quantum_theory_of_damping_density_operator_and_wave_function_approach Quantum_theory_of_damping_HeisenbergLangevin_approach Resonance_fluorescence Quantum_theory_of_the_laser_density_operator_approach Quantum_theory_of_the_laser_HeisenbergLangevin_approach Theory_of_the_micromaser Correlated_emission_laser_concept_theory_and_analysis Phase_sensitivity_in_quantum_optical_systems_applications Squeezing_via_nonlinear_optical_processes Atom_optics The_EPR_paradox_hidden_variables_and_Bells_theorem Quantum_nondemolition_measurements Quantum_optical_tests_of_complementarity Two-photon_interferometry_the_quantum_measurement_problem_and_more Index The field of quantum optics has witnessed significant theoretical and experimental developments in recent years. This book provides an in-depth and wide-ranging introduction to the subject, emphasising throughout the basic principles and their applications. The book begins by developing the basic tools of quantum optics, and goes on to show the application of these tools in a variety of quantum optical systems, including lasing without inversion, squeezed states and atom optics. The final four chapters are devoted to a discussion of quantum optical tests of the foundations of quantum mechanics, and to particular aspects of measurement theory. Assuming only a background of standard quantum mechanics and electromagnetic theory, and containing many problems and references, this book will be invaluable to graduate students of quantum optics, as well as to researchers in this field. Marlan O. Scully And M. Suhail Zubairy. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 622-623) And Index. First published 1997 Sixth printing 2008 http://www.cambridge.org/9780521435956