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    INTRODUCTION TO MODERN QUANTUM OPTICS

    by Jin-Sheng Peng (Huazhong Normal University, China) & Gao-Xiang Li (Huazhong Normal University, China)

    Preface (247k)
    Table of Contents (404k)
    Chapter 1: Three Pictures in Quantum Mechanics
    Chapter 1.1: The Schr?dinger 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.”
    Contemporary Physics

     
    580pp    Pub. date: Jul 1998  
    ISBN:   978-981-02-3448-5
    981-02-3448-1
       US$92 / £62

     


    580pp    Pub. date: Jul 1998  
    ISBN:   978-981-283-967-1(ebook)
    981-283-967-4(ebook)
       US$120 / £70

     


     

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