Quantum Optics for Experimentalists

This book on quantum optics is from the point of view of an experimentalist. It approaches the theory of quantum optics with the language of optical modes of classical wave theory, with which experimentalists are most familiar. This approach makes the transition easy from classical optics to quantum optics. The emphasis on the multimode description of an optical system is more realistic than in most quantum optics textbooks. After the theoretical part, the book goes directly to the two most basic experimental techniques in quantum optics and establishes the connection between the experiments and the theory. The applications include some key quantum optics experiments, and a few more current interests that deal with quantum correlation and entanglement, quantum noise in phase measurement and amplification, and quantum state measurement.

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Contents: Theoretical Foundations of Quantum Optics:Historical Development of Quantum Optics and A Brief IntroductionMode Theory of Optical Fields and Their QuantizationQuantum States of Single-Mode FieldsQuantum States of Multi-Mode FieldsTheory of Photo-detection and Quantum Theory of CoherenceGeneration and Transformation of Quantum StatesExperimental Techniques in Quantum Optics and Their Applications:Experimental Techniques of Quantum Optics I: Photon Counting TechniqueApplications of Photon Counting Techniques: Multi-Photon Interference and EntanglementExperimental Techniques of Quantum Optics II: Detection of Continuous Photo-CurrentsApplications of Homodyne Detection Technique: Quantum Measurement of Continuous VariablesQuantum Noise in Phase MeasurementAppendices:Derivation of an Explicit Expression for Û of a Lossless Beam SplitterEvaluation of the Two Sums in Eq. (8.100)
Readership: Advanced undergraduates, graduate students and researchers in quantum optics.
Quantum Optics;Optical Fields;Quantum States;Photo-Currents;Quantum Theory of Coherence;Entangled States;Phase Measurement0