Mathematical Methods of Quantum Optics /

This book provides an accessible introduction to the mathematical methods of quantum optics. Starting from first principles, it reveals how a given system of atoms and a field is mathematically modelled. The method of eigenfunction expansion and the Lie algebraic method for solving equations are out...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Puri, Ravinder Rupchand
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint : Springer, 2001.
Series:Springer series in optical sciences ; 79.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Basic Quantum Mechanics
  • 2. Theory of Stochastic Processes
  • 3. The Electromagnetic Field
  • 4. Model Atom-Field Interaction Hamiltonians
  • 5. Quantum Theory of Dissipation
  • 6. Linear and Nonlinear Response of a System to External Field
  • 7. Solution of Linear First-Order Equations with Constant Coefficients
  • 8. Solution of Linear First-Order Equations: Lie Algebraic Method
  • 9. Continuous Representations of Some Lie Algebras
  • 10. Quasiprobabilities and Non-classical States
  • 11. A Class of Exactly Solvable Two-Level and Three-Level Hamiltonian Systems
  • 12. N Two-Level and Three-Level Hamiltonian Systems
  • 13. Dissipative N Two-Level and Three-Level Atomic Systems in Quantized Fields
  • 14. Nonlinear Optical Processes.