Quantum Optics - Hardcover

Werner Vogel; Dirk-Gunnar Welsch

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3527405070 ISBN 13: 9783527405077

Publisher: Wiley-VCH, 2006

This is the third, revised and extended edition of the acknowledged "Lectures on Quantum Optics" by W. Vogel and D.-G. Welsch. It offers theoretical concepts of quantum optics, with special emphasis on current research trends. A unified concept of measurement-based nonclassicality and entanglement criteria and a unified approach to medium-assisted electromagnetic vacuum effects including Van der Waals and Casimir Forces are the main new topics that are included in the revised edition. The rigorous development of quantum optics in the context of quantum field theory and the attention to details makes the book valuable to graduate students as well as to researchers.

Voices to the new edition:
"There are many good books in this area, but this one really excels in terms of broad coverage, choice of topics, and precision. It is very useful as a textbook for a quantum optics course, and also as a general reference for researchers in quantum optics. ... Also, the new edition includes some subtle and fundamental material about non-classicality, medium-assisted electromagnetic vacuum effects, and leaky cavities, based on research developed by the authors."
Prof. Luiz Davidovich, Rio de Janeiro

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From the Publisher:

This book introduces the fundamentals of quantum optics in a sufficient depth for their practical application and for an understanding and treatment of specialized problems arising in recent research. The topics are presented in a unified manner using a general quantum-field-theoretical approach.

From the Back Cover:

This is the third, revised and extended edition of the acknowledged "Lectures on Quantum Optics" by W. Vogel and D.-G. Welsch. It offers theoretical concepts of quantum optics, with special emphasis on current research trends. The main new topics included in the revised edition are a unified concept of measurement-based nonclassicality and entanglement criteria, and a unified approach to medium-assisted electromagnetic vacuum effects including van der Waals and Casimir forces. The fundamentals of quantum optics are introduced in a sufficient depth for their practical application and for an understanding and treatment of specialized problems of modern research.
The rigorous development of quantum optics in the context of quantum field theory and the attention spent to details make this a valuable book for graduate students as well as for researchers.

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