Fundamentals of Quantum Optics

Intensity Effects and Absolute Phase Effects in Nonlinear Laser-Matter Interactions

“…The reader can judge the importance of such questions by remembering the chapters devoted to the classical theory of coherence in the book by Born & Wolf (2009), for instance. Concerning the general description of quantum coherence and correlations of the electromagnetic radiation, we refer the reader to the books by Klauder & Sudarshan (1968), Scully & Zubairy (1997), Loudon (2000) and to the book by Schleich (2001) on quantum optics in phase space. In this context one has to keep in mind that, after all, t h o u g h w e h a v e b e e n s p e a k i n g o f " p h o ton absorption" or "photon emission" in "multiphoton processes", either the classical or semiclassical framework has been used, in which the word "photon" has simply no meaning.…”

Squeezed Coherent States in Non-Unitary Approach and Relation to Sub- and Super-Poissonian Statistics

“…The Bargmann representation of a state is a representation by an analytic function which, in particular, leads immediately to the Husimi-Kano quasiprobability ( ) * , Q α α [25] (chap. 7) and [26].…”

Description of Field States with Correlation Functions and Measurements in Quantum Optics

“…Proceeding from the calculation convenience provided by using coherent states z of field modes, the GlauberSudarshan representation for the statistical operator of field (Klauder & Sudarshan, 1968) footholds in physics. We refer to the following view of this diagonal representation …”