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Elements of Quantum Optics gives a broad coverage of the basic elements necessary to understanding and researching laser physics and quantum optics. It presents a variety of theoretical tools and important results for two-level and semiconductor media, many of which could only be found in the origin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Meystre, Pierre
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Sargent, Murray
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1999.
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Physics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Classical Electromagnetic Fields
  • Classical Nonlinear Optics
  • Quantum Mechanical Background
  • Mixtures and the Density Operator
  • CW Field Interactions
  • Mechanical Effects of Light
  • Introduction to Laser Theory
  • Optical Bistability
  • Saturation Spectroscopy
  • Three and Four Wave Mixing
  • Time-Varying Phenomena in Cavities
  • Coherent Transients
  • Field Quantization
  • Interaction between Atoms and Quantized Fields
  • System-Reservoir Interactions
  • Resonance Fluorescence
  • Squeezed States of Light
  • Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics
  • Quantum Theory.