Elements of Quantum Optics gives a broad coverage of the basic elements necessary to understanding and researching laser physics and quantum optics. It presents a variety of theoretical tools and important results for two-level and semiconductor media, many of which could only be found in the original literature or in specialized monographs up to now. The text reveals the close connection between many seemingly unrelated topics, such as probe absorption, four-wave mixing, optical instabilities, and resonance fluorescence and squeezing. This third edition includes new chapters on atom optics and cavity quantum electrodynamics, and an expanded discussion of quantum mechanics, system-reservoir interactions and second quantization.
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From the reviews: "This is a book that should be found in any physics library. It is extremely useful for all graduate students, Ph.D. students and researchers interested in the quantum physics of light." Optics & Photonics News
Inhalt
1. Classical Electromagnetic Fields.- 2. Classical Nonlinear Optics.- 3. Quantum Mechanical Background.- 4. Mixtures and the Density Operator.- 5. CW Field Interactions.- 6. Mechanical Effects of Light.- 7. Introduction to Laser Theory.- 8. Optical Bistability.- 9. Saturation Spectroscopy.- 10. Three and Four Wave Mixing.- 11. Time-Varying Phenomena in Cavities.- 12. Coherent Transients.- 13. Field Quantization.- 14. Interaction Between Atoms and Quantized Fields.- 15. System-Reservoir Interactions.- 16. Resonance Fluorescence.- 17. Squeezed States of Light.- 18. Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics.- 19. Quantum Theory of a Laser.- References.