Quantum Noise: A Handbook of Markovian and Non-Markovian Quantum Stochastic Methods with Applications to Quantum Optics / Edition 3

by Crispin Gardiner, Peter Zoller

Overview

This book offers a systematic and comprehensive exposition of the quantum shastic methods that have been developed in the field of quantum optics. It includes new treatments of photodetection, quantum amplifier theory, non-Markovian quantum shastic processes, quantum input—output theory, and positive P-representations. It is the first book in which quantum noise is described by a mathematically complete theory in a form that is also suited to practical applications. Special attention is paid to non-classical effects, such as squeezing and antibunching. Chapters added to the previous edition, on the shastic Schrödinger equation, and on cascaded quantum systems, and now supplemented, in the third edition by a chapter on recent developments in various pertinent fields such as laser cooling, Bose-Einstein condensation, quantum feedback and quantum information.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642060946
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	12/07/2010
Series:	Springer Series in Synergetics
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 3rd ed. 2004
Pages:	450
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

From the contents: A Historical Introduction.- Quantum Statistics.- Quantum Langevin Equations.- Phase Space Methods.- Quantum Markov Processes.- Applying the Master Equation.- Amplifiers and Measurement.- Photon Counting.- Interaction of Light with Atoms.- Squeezing.- The Shastic Schrödinger Equation.- Cascaded Quantum Systems.- Supplement.- Bibliography.- Author Index.- Index.