An introduction to quantum optics : an open systems approach /

This book provides a solid pedagogical background in the techniques used in quantum optics, with an emphasis on open quantum systems. Suitable for undergraduates as a second semester quantum mechanics course or first year graduate students, this book begins with a short summary of quantum mechanics...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rice, Perry (Perry R.) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2020]
Colección:IOP series in emerging technologies in optics and photonics.
IOP ebooks. 2020 collection.
Temas:
Quantum optics.
Open systems (Physics)
Optical physics.
SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. What is quantum optics
  • 1.2. Open quantum systems
  • 1.3. This book
  • 2. Classical electromagnetism and linear optics
  • 2.1. Maxwell equations and electromagnetic waves
  • 2.2. Wave equation for fields in a medium
  • 2.3. Slowly varying envelope approximation
  • 2.4. Lorentz oscillator model of the atom
  • 3. QM review
  • 3.1. Wave mechanics
  • 3.2. Dirac notation
  • 3.3. Representations and pictures
  • 3.4. Pictures
  • 3.5. Density matrix
  • 3.6. Choice of basis and measurement
  • 3.7. Executive summary
  • 3.8. Entanglement
  • 4. Two-level dynamics
  • 4.1. Two-level atoms
  • 4.2. Atom-field interaction in the electric dipole approximation
  • 4.3. Introduction to dressed states
  • 4.4. Perturbation theory and rate equations
  • 4.5. Pauli operators and the Bloch sphere representation
  • 4.6. Relation to the classical Lorentz model
  • 4.7. An interlude in the form of the atom-field interaction
  • 5. Quantum fields
  • 5.1. Maxwell equations again
  • 5.2. Quantization of the electromagnetic field
  • 5.3. Single mode quantized fields
  • 5.4. Number states
  • 5.5. Coherent states
  • 5.6. Squeezed states
  • 5.7. Cat states
  • 5.8. Thermal states
  • 5.9. Vacuum fluctuations and beam splitters
  • 5.10. Casimir effect
  • 6. Two-level atom coupled to a quantized field
  • 6.1. Atom-field interaction in quantum optics
  • 6.2. Wigner-Weisskopf approximation
  • 6.3. Cavity modified spontaneous emission
  • 6.4. Dressed states reprise
  • 6.5. Heisenberg equations of motion
  • 6.6. Collapse and revivals of population inversion
  • 6.7. Vacuum fluctuations and radiation reaction
  • 7. Coherence and detection
  • 7.1. Detection of a noiseless classical signal
  • 7.2. Complex analytic signal
  • 7.3. Semiclassical photodetection theory
  • 7.4. Quantum detection theory
  • 7.5. Optical spectra and first-order coherence
  • 7.6. Photon statistics and second-order coherence
  • 7.7. Balanced homodyne detection and the spectrum of squeezing
  • 7.8. Wave-particle duality and conditioned homodyne detection
  • 7.9. Cross-correlation functions
  • 8. The density matrix and the master equation or wave functions : the big lie
  • 8.1. Open quantum systems
  • 8..2 Density matrix and reduced density matrix
  • 8.3. The master equation with dissipation
  • 8.4. Quantum regression theorem
  • 8.5. Derivation of the master equation in the Born-Markoff approximation
  • 8.6. Other types of reservoirs
  • 8.7. Alternative derivation of Lindblad equation
  • 9. Quantum trajectory theory
  • 9.1. Some examples
  • 9.2. And now for a little formality
  • 9.3. Homodyne detection and quantum state diffusion
  • 9.4. Two-time averages
  • 9.5. Some final thoughts on trajectories
  • 10. Quasiprobability distributions
  • 10.1. Glauber-Sudarshan P representation
  • 10.2. Wigner distribution
  • 10.3. Husimi Q function
  • 10.4. Fokker-Planck equations
  • 10.5. Fermions
  • 10.6. Langevin equations.

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