Theory Of Nonclassical States Of Light

Author : V.V. Dodonov,V.I. Man'ko
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 392 pages
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Release : 2003-03-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0415284139

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Theory of Nonclassical States of Light by V.V. Dodonov,V.I. Man'ko Pdf

The term 'nonclassical states' refers to the quantum states that cannot be produced in the usual sources of light, such as lasers or lamps, rather than those requiring more sophisticated apparatus for their production. Theory of Non-classical States of Light describes the current status of the theory of nonclassical states of light including many new and important results as well as introductory material and the history of the subject. The authors concentrate on the most important types of nonclassical states, namely squeezed, even/odd ('Schrodinger cat') and binomial states, including their generalizations. However, a review of other types of nonclassical is also given in the introduction, and methods for generating nonclassical states on various processes of light-matter interaction, their phase-space description, and the time evolution of nonclassical states in these processes is presented in separate chapters. This contributed volume contains all of the necessary formulae and references required to gain a good understanding of the principles and current status of the field. It will provide a valuable information resource for advanced students and researchers in quantum physics.

Author : P. Tombesi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 329 pages
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Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781475765748

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Squeezed and Nonclassical Light by P. Tombesi Pdf

The recent generation in the laboratory of phase squeezed and intensity squeezed light beams has brought to fruition the theoretical predictions of such non-classical phenomena which have been made and developed in recent years by a number of workers in the field of quantum optics. A vigorous development is now underway of both theory and experiment and the first measurements have been coi:Jfirmed and extended already in some half dozen laboratories. Although the fields of application of these novellight sources are as yet somewhat hazy in our minds and some inspired thinking is required along these lines, the pace and excitement of the research is very clear. It is to he hoped that the new possibilities of: making measurements below the quantum shot noise lirnit which is made possible by these squeezed states of light willlead to further fundamental advances in the near future. In this NATO ARW a number of the leaders in the field met in the extremely pleasant surroundings of Cortina d'Ampezzo and their contributions are recorded in this volume. The meeting was held at the Istituto d'Arte which was enjoying its lOOth anniversary celebrations. This ARW was preceeded by an ONR Special Seminar on "Photons and Quantum Fluctuations", the proceedings of which will be published by Adam Hilger Ltd. The timeliness of the meeting was acknowledged by the support of the NATO Scientific Affairs Division which we would like to acknowledge on behalf of all the participants.

Author : Rodney Loudon
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 360 pages
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Release : 1973
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39076006380807

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The Quantum Theory of Light by Rodney Loudon Pdf

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 representation 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 the beamsplitter theory, squeezed light, two-photon interference, balanced homodyne detection, travelling-wave attenuation and amplification, quantum jumps, and the ranges of nonlinear optical processes important in the generation of nonclassical light. The book is written as a textbook, with the treatment as a whole appropriate for graduate or postgraduate students, while earlier chapters are also suitable for final-year undergraduates. Over 100 problems help to intensify the understanding of the material presented.

Author : Leonard Mandel,Emil Wolf
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1200 pages
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Release : 1995-09-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139643023

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Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics by Leonard Mandel,Emil Wolf Pdf

This book presents a systematic account of optical coherence theory within the framework of classical optics, as applied to such topics as radiation from sources of different states of coherence, foundations of radiometry, effects of source coherence on the spectra of radiated fields, coherence theory of laser modes, and scattering of partially coherent light by random media. The book starts with a full mathematical introduction to the subject area and each chapter concludes with a set of exercises. The authors are renowned scientists and have made substantial contributions to many of the topics treated in the book. Much of the book is based on courses given by them at universities, scientific meetings and laboratories throughout the world. This book will undoubtedly become an indispensable aid to scientists and engineers concerned with modern optics, as well as to teachers and graduate students of physics and engineering.

Author : Gilbert Grynberg,Alain Aspect,Claude Fabre
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
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Release : 2010-09-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139490849

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Introduction to Quantum Optics by Gilbert Grynberg,Alain Aspect,Claude Fabre Pdf

Covering a number of important subjects in quantum optics, this textbook is an excellent introduction for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students, familiarizing readers with the basic concepts and formalism as well as the most recent advances. The first part of the textbook covers the semi-classical approach where matter is quantized, but light is not. It describes significant phenomena in quantum optics, including the principles of lasers. The second part is devoted to the full quantum description of light and its interaction with matter, covering topics such as spontaneous emission, and classical and non-classical states of light. An overview of photon entanglement and applications to quantum information is also given. In the third part, non-linear optics and laser cooling of atoms are presented, where using both approaches allows for a comprehensive description. Each chapter describes basic concepts in detail, and more specific concepts and phenomena are presented in 'complements'.

Author : Christopher Gerry,Peter L. Knight
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Science
ISBN : 052152735X

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Introductory Quantum Optics by Christopher Gerry,Peter L. Knight Pdf

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Author : E. R. Pike,Sarben Sarkar
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1995-12-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191590054

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The Quantum Theory of Radiation by E. R. Pike,Sarben Sarkar Pdf

This book is unique in covering phenomena in photon- matter interactions in a unified way over a range of many orders in energy. The quantum field theoretic approach to the fully relativistic theory of quantum electrodynamics (QED) is presented together with the non- relativistic theory in both confined and unconfined geometries. The predictions of QED have been verified to a greater accuracy than any other physical theory. Moreover QED is a paradigm for other gauge theories and is presented in such a way that the generalisation to other gauge theories is natural. Gauge and Poincare symmetry properties and the non-existence of a photon wave function are thoroughly discussed. Starting from the Dirac equation the non-relativistic interaction of the electron with the electromagnetic field is derived as an effective Hamiltonian of multipole expansions. Much of quantum optics is based on the lowest order dipole approximation. From this point on the treatment of fully relativistic QED and quantum optics is done in parallel. Applications of perturbation theory such as Compton and Moller scattering and the theory photdetection are given. After the impressive successes of QED, the limitation of the theory and the necessity of electroweak theory and quantumchromodynamics are discussed. The remaining chapters are devoted to quantum optics inside cavaties. Various approaches to open systems such as master equations are discussed within the context of active systems (e.g. the laser) and passive systems. Semi- classical approximarions are shown to imply a rich non- linear dynamics including chaos for certain parameter regimes. The effect of fluctuations on such non-linear dynamics is also studied. The final chapter is devoted to highly non- classical states of the light field such as photon number, squeezed and two photon entangled states. The latter are studied for the important system of parametric down conversion and the localisation properties of photons are characterised in terms of asympotic tails in photodetection probabilities as a function of time delay. The range of the book has wider benefits. Workers in quantum optics will gain a deeper understanding of the foundations of their subject and field theorists will see concrete examples of open systems, which are beginning to impinge on fundamental theories.

Author : Şengül Kuru,Javier Negro,Luis M. Nieto
Publisher : Springer
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030200879

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Integrability, Supersymmetry and Coherent States by Şengül Kuru,Javier Negro,Luis M. Nieto Pdf

This volume shares and makes accessible new research lines and recent results in several branches of theoretical and mathematical physics, among them Quantum Optics, Coherent States, Integrable Systems, SUSY Quantum Mechanics, and Mathematical Methods in Physics. In addition to a selection of the contributions presented at the "6th International Workshop on New Challenges in Quantum Mechanics: Integrability and Supersymmetry", held in Valladolid, Spain, 27-30 June 2017, several high quality contributions from other authors are also included. The conference gathered 60 participants from many countries working in different fields of Theoretical Physics, and was dedicated to Prof. Véronique Hussin—an internationally recognized expert in many branches of Mathematical Physics who has been making remarkable contributions to this field since the 1980s. The reader will find interesting reviews on the main topics from internationally recognized experts in each field, as well as other original contributions, all of which deal with recent applications or discoveries in the aforementioned areas.

Author : Christopher C. Gerry,Peter L. Knight
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781009463614

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Introductory Quantum Optics by Christopher C. Gerry,Peter L. Knight Pdf

This established textbook provides an accessible but comprehensive introduction to the quantum nature of light and its interaction with matter. The field of quantum optics is covered with clarity and depth, from the underlying theoretical framework of field quantization, atom–field interactions, and quantum coherence theory, to important and modern applications at the forefront of current research such as quantum interferometry, squeezed light, quantum entanglement, cavity quantum electrodynamics, laser-cooled trapped ions, and quantum information processing. The text is suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students and would be an ideal main text for a course on quantum optics. This long-awaited second edition builds upon the success of the first edition, including many new developments in the field, particularly in the area of quantum state engineering. Additional homework problems have been added, and content from the first edition has been updated and clarified throughout.

Author : Margarita A. Man’ko,Luis L. Sánchez-Soto
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-09
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783039434244

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Selected Papers from the 16th International Conference on Squeezed States and Uncertainty Relations (ICSSUR 2019) by Margarita A. Man’ko,Luis L. Sánchez-Soto Pdf

The first quantum revolution started in the early 20th century and gave us new rules that govern physical reality. Accordingly, many devices that changed dramatically our lifestyle, such as transistors, medical scanners and lasers, appeared in the market. This was the origin of quantum technology, which allows us to organize and control the components of a complex system governed by the laws of quantum physics. This is in sharp contrast to conventional technology, which can only be understood within the framework of classical mechanics. We are now in the middle of a second quantum revolution. Although quantum mechanics is nowadays a mature discipline, quantum engineering as a technology is now emerging in its own right. We are about to manipulate and sense individual particles, measuring and exploiting their quantum properties. This is bringing major technical advances in many different areas, including computing, sensors, simulations, cryptography and telecommunications. The present collection of selected papers is a clear demonstration of the tremendous vitality of the field. The issue is composed of contributions from world leading researchers in quantum optics and quantum information, and presents viewpoints, both theoretical and experimental, on a variety of modern problems.

Author : Stanley Jeffers,S. Roy,J.P. Vigier,G. Hunter
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401156820

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The Present Status of the Quantum Theory of Light by Stanley Jeffers,S. Roy,J.P. Vigier,G. Hunter Pdf

THE PRESENT STATUS OF THE QUANTUM THEORY OF LIGHT In August of 1995, a group of over 70 physicists met at York University for a three-day symposium in honour of Professor Jean-Pierre Vigier. The attendance included theoretical and experimental physicists, mathematicians, astronomers and colleagues concerned with issues in the philosophy of science. The symposium was entitled "The Present Status of the Quantum Theory of Light" in accordance with Professor Vigier's wishes but in fact encompassed many of the areas to which Professor Vigier has contributed over his long and distinguished career. These include stochastic interpretations of quantum mechanics, particle physics, and electromagnetic theory. The papers presented at the symposium have been arranged in this proceedings in the following approximate order: ideas about the nature of light and photons, electrodynamiCS, the formulation and interpretation of quantum mechanics, and aspects of relativity theory. Some of the papers presented deal with alternate interpretations of quantum phenomena in the tradition of Vigier, Bohm et al. These interpretations reject the account given in purely probabilistic terms and which deems individual quantum events to be acausal and not amenable to any analysis in space-time terms. As is well known, Einstein and others also rejected the purely statistical account of quantum mechanics. As stressed by Professor Vigier at the symposium, the current experimental situation now allows for the first time for individual quantum events to be studied, e. g.

Author : Marlan O. Scully,M. Suhail Zubairy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1997-09-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521435951

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Quantum Optics by Marlan O. Scully,M. Suhail Zubairy Pdf

An in-depth and wide-ranging introduction to the field of quantum optics.

Author : Anthony Mark Fox,Mark Fox
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2006-04-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780198566724

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Quantum Optics by Anthony Mark Fox,Mark Fox Pdf

Written primarily for advanced undergraduate and Master's level students in physics, this text includes a broad range of topics in applied quantum optics such as laser cooling, Bose-Einstein condensation and quantum information processing.

Author : Dong Wang,Ming-Liang Hu,Jun Feng,Yao-Zhong Zhang
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9782832501375

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Uncertainty Relations and Their Applications by Dong Wang,Ming-Liang Hu,Jun Feng,Yao-Zhong Zhang Pdf

Author : A.D. Boardman,L. Pavlov,S. Tanev
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400708501

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Advanced Photonics with Second-Order Optically Nonlinear Processes by A.D. Boardman,L. Pavlov,S. Tanev Pdf

Although it took some time to establish the word, photonics is both widely accepted and used throughout the world and a major area of activity concerns nonlinear materials. In these the nonlinearity mainly arises from second-order or third-order nonlinear optical processes. A restriction is that second-order processes only occur in media that do not possess a centre of symmetry. Optical fibres, on the other hand, being made of silica glass, created by fusing SiO molecules, are made of material with a centre of z symmetry, so the bulk of all processes are governed by third-order nonlinearity. Indeed, optical fibre nonlinearities have been extensively studied for the last thirty years and can be truly hailed as a success story of nonlinear optics. In fact, the fabrication ofsuch fibres, and the exploitation oftheir nonlinearity, is in an advanced stage - not least being their capacity to sustain envelope solitons. What then ofsecond-order nonlinearity? This is also well-known for its connection to second-harmonic generation. It is an immediate concern, however, to understand how waves can mix and conserve both energy and momentum ofthe photons involved. The problem is that the wave vectors cannot be made to match without a great deal of effort, or at least some clever arrangement has to be made - a special geometry, or crystal arrangement. The whole business is called phase matching and an inspection ofthe state-of-the-art today, reveals the subject to be in an advanced state.