Statistical Methods in Quantum Optics 2 : Non-Classical Fields Hardback
by Howard J. Carmichael
Part of the Theoretical and Mathematical Physics series
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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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- Pages:542 pages, XV, 542 p.
- Publisher:Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
- Publication Date:23/10/2007
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- ISBN:9783540713197
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Item not Available
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:542 pages, XV, 542 p.
- Publisher:Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
- Publication Date:23/10/2007
- Category:
- ISBN:9783540713197
