《現代量子光學基礎 （英文影印版）》是2006年出版的圖書，作者是Vlatko Vedral。
基本介紹
內容簡介,圖書目錄,
內容簡介
這本教材是作者根據自己從2001年到2004年連續三年給Leeds大學物理系高年級學生講授量子光學的講稿整理而成的。這也是迄今為止對量子光學闡述得最全面、最新穎的教科書。通過干涉現象闡述光的本性是全書的核心。全書由11章內容和5套練習及解答構成，分別就經典、舊量子論、半經典和完全量子力學四個層面闡述光與物質的相互作用、雷射的原理和套用、場的量子化以及量子光學的最新進展等等。
圖書目錄
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. From Geometry to the Quantum
2. Introduction to Lasers
2.1 Normal Modes in a Cavity
2.2 Basic Properties of Lasers
3. Properties of Light: Blackbody Radiation
3.1 Planck's Quantum Derivation
3.2 The Proper Derivation of Planck's Formula
3.3 Fluctuations of Light
3.4 Maxwell's Lucifer
4. Interaction of Light with Matter I
4.1 Stimulated and Spontaneous Emission
4.2 Optical Excitation of Two Level Atoms
4 3 Life-Time and Amplification
5. Basic Optical Processes—Still Classical
5.1 Interference and Coherence
5.2 Light Pressure
5.3 Optical Absorption
5.4 Amplification: Three Level Systems
5.5 Classical Treatment of Atom-Light Interaction
5.5.1 Dipole radiation
5.5.2 Radiation damping
5.6 Spectral Lines
6. More Detailed Principles of Laser
6.1 Basic Theory: Classical Electrodynamics
6.2 Mode-Locking
6.3 Non-linear Optics
6.4 Phase Matching
6.4.1 Rigorous derivation
6.4.2 Heuristic derivation
6.5 Multiphoton Processes
7. Interactions of Light with Matter II
7.1 Vector Spaces
7.2 Dirac Formalism
7.3 Time Dependent Perturbation Theory
7.4 Alternative Derivation of Perturbation
7.5 The Wigner-Weisskopf Theory
7.5.1 Constant perturbation
7.5.2 Harmonic perturbation
7.6 Digression: Entropy and the Second Law
7.7 Einstein's B Coefficient
7.8 Multiphoton Processes Revisited
8. Two Level Systems
8.1 Operator Matrix Algebra
8.2 Two Level Systems: Rabi Model
8.3 Other Issues with Two Level Systems
8.4 The Berry Phase
8.4.1 Parallel transport
8.4.2 The Bloch sphere
8.4.3 Implementation
8.4.4 Generalization of the phase
8.5 Gauge Principle
9. Field Quantization
9.1 Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
9.2 What Are Photons?
9.3 Blackbody Spectrum from Photons
9.4 Quantum Fluctuations and Zero Point Energy
9.5 Coherent States
9.6 Composite Systems—Tensor Product Spaces
9.6.1 Beam splitters
9.6.2 Generation of coherent states
9.7 Bosonic Nature of Light
9.8 Polarization: The Quantum Description
9.8.1 Unpolarized light—mixed states
10. Interaction of Light with Matter III
10.1 Fully Quantized Treatment
10.2 Jaynes-Cummings Model
10.3 Spontaneous Emission—At Last
10.4 The Lamb Shift
10.5 Parametric Down Conversion
10.6 Quantum Measurement: A Brief Discussion
11. Some Recent Applications of Quantum Optics
11.1 Laser Cooling
11.1.1 Bose-Einstein condensation
11.2 Quantum Information Processing
11.2.1 Quantum teleportation
12. Closing Lines
13. Problems and Solutions
13.1 Problem and Solutions 1
13.1.1 Problem set 1
13.1.2 Solutions 1
13.2 Problem and Solutions 2
13.2.1 Problem set 2
13.2.2 Solutions 2
13.3 Problems and Solutions 3
13.3.1 Problem set 3
13.3.2 Solutions 3
13.4 Problems and Solutions 4
13.4.1 Problem set 4
13.4.2 Solutions 4
13.5 Problems and Solutions 5
13.5.1 Problem set 5
13.5.2 Solutions 5
Bibliography
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