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VERY GOOD: This book is in very good condition, showing only the slightest signs of use and wear. It was printed on acid-free paper.
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From the back cover: “This third edition, like its two predecessors, provides a detailed account of the basic theory needed to understand the properties of light and its interactions with atoms, in particular the many nonclassical effects that have now been observed in quantum-optical experiments. The earlier chapters describe the quantum mechanics of various optical processes, leading from the classical representations of the electromagnetic field to the quantum theory of light. The later chapters develop the theoretical descriptions of some of the key experiments in quantum optics.
“Over half of the material in this third edition is new. It includes topics that have come into prominence over the last two decades, such as beamsplitter theory, squeezed light, two-photon interference, balanced homodyne detection, travelling-wave attenuation and amplification, quantum jumps, and the range of nonlinear optical processes important in the generation of nonclassical light.”
BRIEF CONTENTS
- Introduction: The photon
- 1. Planck’s radiation law and the Einstein coefficients
- 2. Quantum mechanics of the atom-radiation interaction
- 3. Classical theory of optical fluctuations and coherence
- 4. Quantization of the radiation field
- 5. Single-mode quantum optics
- 6. Multimode and continuous-mode quantum optics
- 7. Optical generation, attenuation and amplification
- 8. Resonance fluorescence and light scattering
- 9. Nonlinear quantum optics
- Index