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INTRODUCTION TO MODERN QUANTUM OPTICS
by Jin-Sheng Peng & Gao-Xiang Li (Huazhong Normal University, China)
Preface (247k)
Table of Contents (404k)
Chapter 1: Three Pictures in Quantum Mechanics
Chapter 1.1: The Schrödinger Picture (351k)
Chapter 1.2: The Heisenberg Picture (279k)
Chapter 1.3: The Interaction Picture (283k)
Chapter 1.4: The Density Operator (573k)
This book discusses quantum optics and investigates the quantum properties of interactions between atoms and laser fields. It is divided into three parts. Part I introduces the elementary theory of the interaction between atoms and light. Part II provides a concentrated discussion on the quantum properties of light fields. Part III deals with the quantum dynamic properties of the atoms interacting with laser fields. This book can be used as a text for both graduate and undergraduate students; it will also benefit scientists who are interested in quantum optics and theoretical physics.
Contents:
- Theory of the Interaction Between Atom and Radiation
Field:
- Three Pictures in Quantum Mechanics
- Two-Level Atom and the Optical Bloch Equation
- Quantized Description of Radiation Field
- Dicke Hamiltonian and Jaynes–Cummings Model
- Quantum Theory of a Small System Coupled to a Reservoir
- The Quantum Properties of Light:
- Coherence of Light
- Squeezed States of Light
- Resonance Fluorescence
- Superfluorescence
- Optical Bistability
- Effects of Virtual Photon Processes
- Quantum Properties of Atomic Behavior Under the Interaction of a Radiation Field:
- Collapses and Revivals of Atomic Populations
- Squeezing Effects of the Atomic Operators
- Coherent Trapping of the Atomic Population
- Quantum Characteristics of a Two-Atom System Under the Interaction of the Radiation Field
- Autoionization of the Atom in a Laser Field
- Motion of the Atom in a Laser Field
- Laser Cooling
Readership: Students of optics and scientists interested in quantum optics and
theoretical physics.
"... the book covers a distinctive range of topics and it should be a useful acquisition for the reader with matching interests."
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Pub. date: Jul 1998 |
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