Statistical Methods In Quantum Optics 2 Non Classical Fields Theoretical And Mathematical Physics. Statistical Methods PDF Ebook Keywords: Statistical Ebook. Carmichael Statistical Methods in Quantum Optics 1 Master Equations and Fokker-Planck Equations With 28 Figures Springer.

The book provides an introduction to the methods of quantum statistical mechanics used in quantum optics and their application to the quantum theories of the single-mode laser and optical bistability. The generalized representations of Drummond and Gardiner are discussed together with the more standard methods for deriving Fokker--Planck equations.

Particular attention is given to the theory of optical bistability formulated in terms of the positive P-representation, and the theory of small bistable systems. This is a textbook at an advanced graduate level. It is intended as a bridge between an introductory discussion of the master equation method and problems of current research. From the reviews 'To sum up: Statistical Methods in Quantum Optics 1 is an excellent book. Try it, you'll like it! France License Plates Font on this page. ' Scully, Physics Today, 2000) 'The book is carefully written, in considerable detail, paying attention to both foundations and applications. It contains exercices completing or generalizing the material presented, and ample references to the literature.

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107) κ0 κ−1 p → 0; κ−1 p characterizes the typical timescale of the interaction between S and R. Now consider what this means for the photon number in the reservoir mode r0 compared with that in the driven cavity mode b. 107), r0† r0 / b† b ss goes to infinity with the reservoir size. This ensures that the exchange of photons between S and R can be neglected so far as the photon number in reservoir mode r0 is concerned. 2 Degenerate Parametric Amplification and Squeezed States 27 where gb1 (ω) = L /πc is the density of modes in a standing-wave cavity of length L (Fig.

In order to derive the spectrum of photocurrent fluctuations, we will need the autocorrelation function i(t)i(t + τ ). First, though, just to see how things work, it is easier to calculate the photocurrent variance. We therefore begin with i(t) = nt 2 i(t)i(t) − i(t) ⎡ ⎤ 2 2 Ge ⎣ = n2t p(nt, t, τd ) − nt p(nt, t, τd ) ⎦ τd nt nt ⎧ 2 nt nt ˆ [η(Eˆ† E)(t)] τd Ge ⎨ ˆ exp[−η(Eˆ† E)(t)τ [nt (nt − 1) + nt ]: = d]: ⎩ τd n! T nt ⎫ 2⎬ †ˆ nt nt ˆ [η(E E)(t)] τd ˆ − exp[−η(Eˆ† E)(t)τ nt: d]: ⎭ nt!

Nt = Ge τd 2 ˆ E(t) ˆ τd2 + η Eˆ† (t)E(t) ˆ τd − η 2 Eˆ† (t)E(t) ˆ 2 τd2. Of course it is not possible, in practice, to recover photons that are absorbed in the crystal. Nevertheless, we can, at least conceptually, construct a measurement scheme that combines all three cavity outputs and, thus, realizes (within the limitations set by η) the full potential of the source for shot noise reduction. It is interesting to see how this is done, since it demonstrates the sense in which the source-field spectrum with unit detection efficiency, Sθ (ω), is well defined. In fact, the scheme we now analyze could be extended to treat the detection efficiency in the same way as we treat the loss in the crystal.