Statistical Methods in Quantum Optics 2 : Non-Classical Fields /
By: Carmichael, Howard J [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: BookSeries: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics: Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.Description: XV, 542 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783540713203.Subject(s): Physics | Quantum physics | Elementary particles (Physics) | Quantum field theory | Quantum optics | Statistical physics | Dynamical systems | Physics | Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory | Quantum Optics | Quantum Physics | Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and ComplexityDDC classification: 539.72 Online resources: Click here to access onlineItem type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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The Degenerate Parametric OscillatorI: Squeezed States -- The Degenerate Parametric OscillatorII: Phase-Space Analysisinthe Small-Noise Limit -- The PositiveP Representation -- The Degenerate Parametric OscillatorIII: Phase-Space Analysis Outside the Small-Noise Limit -- Cavity QED I: Simple Calculations -- Many Atoms in a Cavity: Macroscopic Theory -- Many Atoms in a Cavity II: Quantum Fluctuations in the Small-Noise Limit -- Cavity QED II: Quantum Fluctuations -- Quantum Trajectories I: Background and Interpretation -- Quantum Trajectories II: The Degenerate Parametric Oscillator -- Quantum Trajectories III: More Examples.
Statistical Methods in Quantum Optics 2 - Non-Classical Fields continues the development of the methods used in quantum optics to treat open quantum systems and their fluctuations. Its early chapters build upon the phase-space methods introduced in the first volume Statistical Methods in Quantum Optics 1 - Matter Equations and Fokker-Planck Equations: the difficulties these methods face in treating non-classical light are exposed, where the regime of large fluctuations – failure of the system size expansion – is shown to be particularly problematic. Cavity QED is adopted as a natural vehicle for extending quantum noise theory into this regime. In response to the issues raised, the theory of quantum trajectories is presented as a universal approach to the treatment of fluctuations in open quantum systems. This book presents its material at a level suitable for beginning researchers or students in an advanced course in quantum optics, or a course in quantum mechanics or statistical physics that deals with open quantum systems. The text is complemented by exercises and interspersed notes that point the reader to side issues or a deeper exploration of the material presented.
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