| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 347 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-341) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction. 1.1. Basic notions of quantum electronics. 1.2. History of quantum electronics. 1.3. Recent progress in quantum electronics (added by the editors) -- 2. Stimulated quantum transitions. 2.1. Amplitude and probability of a transition. 2.2. Transitions in monochromatic field. 2.3. Absorption cross-section and coefficient. 2.4. Stimulated transitions in a random field. 2.5. Field as a thermostat -- 3. Density matrix, populations, and relaxation. 3.1. Definition and properties of the density matrix. 3.2. Populations of levels. 3.3. Evolution of the density matrix -- 4. The susceptibility of matter. 4.1. Definition and general properties of susceptibility. 4.2. Dispersion theory. 4.3. Two-level model and saturation. 4.4. Bloch equations -- 5. Non-stationary optics. 5.1. Stimulated non-stationary effects. 5.2. Emission of an atom. 5.3. Collective emission -- 6. Nonlinear optics. 6.1. Nonlinear susceptibilities : definitions and general properties. 6.2. Models of optical anharmonicity. 6.3. Macroscopic nonlinear optics. 6.4. Non-parametric interactions. 6.5. Parametric interactions -- 7. Statistical optics. 7.1. The Kirchhoff law for quantum amplifiers. 7.2. Basic concepts of the statistical optics. 7.3. Hamiltonian form of Maxwell's equations. 7.4. Quantization of the field. 7.5. States of the field and their properties. 7.6. Statistics of photons and photoelectrons. 7.7. Interaction of an atom with quantized field. |
| Summary |
This concise textbook introduces a graduate student to the various fields of physics related to the interaction between radiation and matter. The scope of the book is very broad, ranging from nonlinear to quantum optics and from quantum transitions in atoms to the dispersion of polaritons in continuous media. The author, Professor David Klyshko (1929-2000), is one of the founders of modern quantum optics, renowned for his theory of Spontaneous Parametric Down-Conversion (SPDC) and its applications in quantum metrology and the optics of nonclassical light. Most parts of the book contain the lecture courses taught by David Klyshko at Moscow State University, namely, quantum electronics, nonlinear optics and quantum optics. In every section, the main focus is on observable effects and their physical interpretation. The book emphasizes analogies and relations between seemingly different phenomena and different fields of quantum electronics. Additional commentaries written by Profs. Maria Chekhova and Sergey Kulik analyze more recent developments in the corresponding fields of physics. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Quantum electronics.
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Quantum electronics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Chekhova, Maria.
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Kulik, Sergeĭ (Sergeĭ Pavlovich), 1963-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Klyshko, D.N. (David Nikolaevich). Physical foundations of quantum electronics. Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, ©2011 9789814324502 (OCoLC)743523110 |
| ISBN |
9789814324519 (electronic book) |
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9814324515 (electronic book) |
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9789814324502 |
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9814324507 |
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