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This text develops the theoretical and experimental basis of quantum optics, i.e. the interaction of individual particles of light (photons) with matter, starting from elementary quantum theory. The self-contained exposition will be useful to graduate students in physics, engineering, chemistry, and...

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Main Authors: Garrison, J. C. (John Carson), 1935- (Author), Chiao, Raymond Y. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Series:Oxford graduate texts.
Subjects:
Quantum optics.
Optique quantique.
Optics & Light.
Physics.
SCIENCE.
Atomic & Molecular.
Quantum optics
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The quantum nature of light
  • Quantization of cavity modes
  • Field quantization
  • Interaction of light with matter
  • Coherent states
  • Entangled states
  • Paraxial quantum optics
  • Linear optical devices
  • Photon detection
  • Experiments in linear optics
  • Coherent interaction of light with atoms
  • Cavity quantum electrodynamics
  • Nonlinear quantum optics
  • Quantum noise and dissipation
  • Nonclassical states of light
  • Linear optical amplifiers
  • Quantum tomography
  • The master equation
  • Bell's theorem and its optical tests
  • Quantum information
  • Appendix A: Mathematics
  • Appendix B: Classical electrodynamics
  • Appendix C: Quantum theory.