Full Description
This new edition gives a unique and broad coverage of basic laser-related phenomena that allow graduate students, scientists and engineers to carry out research in quantum optics and laser physics. It covers 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 theory, the correlated emission laser, input-output theory with applications to non-linear optics, quantum trajectories, quantum non-demolition measurements and generation of non-classical vibrational states of ions in a Paul trap. In this third edition, there is an enlarged chapter on trapped ions, as well as new sections on quantum computing and quantum bits with applications. There is also additional material included for quantum processing and entanglement. These topics are presented in a unified and didactic manner, each chapter is accompanied by specific problems and hints to solutions to deepen the knowledge.
Contents
Einstein's Theory of Atom-Radiation Interaction.- Atom-Field Interaction: Semi classical Approach.- Quantization of the Electromagnetic Field.- States of the Electromagnetic Field I.- States of the Electromagnetic Field II.- Quantum Theory of Coherence.- Phase Space Description.- Atom-Field Interaction.- System-Reservoir Interactions.- Resonance Fluorescence.- Quantum Laser Theory: Master Equation Approach.- Quantum Laser Theory: Langevin Approach.- Quantum Noise Reduction 1.- Quantum Noise Reduction 2.- Quantum Phase.- Quantum Trajectories.- Atom Optics.- Measurements, Quantum Limits and All That.- Trapped Ions.- Decoherence.- Quantum Bits, Entanglement and Applications.- Quantum Correlations.- Quantum Cloning and Processing.- Appendices: Operator Relations.- The Method of Characteristics.- Proof.- Stochastic Processes in a Nutshell.- Derivation of the Homodyne Stochastic Schrödinger Differential Equation.- Fluctuations.- Discrimination.- The No-Cloning Theorem.- The Universal Quantum Cloning Machine.- Hints to Solve the Problems.- Index.
