Quantum Noise (Springer Series in Synergetics) [Hardcover]

C. W. Gardiner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1992 | ISBN-10: 0387536086 | ISBN-13: 978-0387536088

This book offers a systematic and comprehensive exposition of the quantum stochastic methods that have been developed in the field of quantum optics. It includes new treatments of photodetection, quantum amplifier theory, non-Markovian quantum stochastic processes, quantum input--output theory, and positive P-representations. It is the first book in which quantum noise is described by a mathematically complete theory in a form that is also suited to practical applications. Special attention is paid to non-classical effects, such as squeezing and antibunching. Chapters added to the previous edition, on the stochastic Schrödinger equation, and on cascaded quantum systems, and now supplemented, in the third edition by a chapter on recent developments in various pertinent fields such as laser cooling, Bose-Einstein condensation, quantum feedback and quantum information.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

From the reviews:

"It is nowadays worldwide an accepted work which gives a systematic and consistent exposition of those quantum stochastic methods which have developed since the first laser has been built." (Optik, 2002)

From the reviews of the third edition:

"The book, a milestone in its field, addresses by means of a wealth of applications the thorough exposition of various methods used in the description of quantum systems interacting with some other infinite-dimensional quantum systems. … The presentation is finalized to applications … . " (Bassano Vacchini, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1072, 2005)

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

From the Back Cover

This book offers a systematic and comprehensive exposition of the quantum stochastic methods that have been developed in the field of quantum optics. It includes new treatments of photodetection, quantum amplifier theory, non-Markovian quantum stochastic processes, quantum input--output theory, and positive P-representations. It is the first book in which quantum noise is described by a mathematically complete theory in a form that is also suited to practical applications. Special attention is paid to non-classical effects, such as squeezing and antibunching. Chapters added to the previous edition, on the stochastic Schrödinger equation, and on cascaded quantum systems, and now supplemented, in the third edition by a chapter on recent developments in various pertinent fields such as laser cooling, Bose-Einstein condensation, quantum feedback and quantum information. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 364 pages
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag (January 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0387536086
• ISBN-13: 978-0387536088
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,544,240 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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