Squeezed light
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Squeezed light
Elsevier, 1992
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Sukwizudo-kō
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-265) and index
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Description
The phenomenon of squeezed light is attracting major interest in modern optics due to its promise of many applications in a broad area of science and technology. In this book, which is the first introductory book of its kind, and which is translated from the Japanese, efforts have been made to clarify the basic concepts of the phenomenon of squeezing, as well as adding several new items since the Japanese edition was published in 1990. Furthermore, in order to reinforce the connection from chapter to chapter, the order of chapters has been changed and the total contents have been rearranged and refined for readers who have just started their study of squeezed light. A broad choice of topics emphasise many aspects in the advanced study of this subject. The book will prove a useful reference source for both researchers and students who are interested in current developments in this field.
Table of Contents
1. Fundamental of Optics. Nature of light. Wave and vibration. Wave optics. Waveguide optics. Polarization. Coherence and interference of a laser beam. 2. Fundamental of Nonlinear Optics. Linear and nonlinear systems. Anharmonic oscillator model of atoms. Light equations in optically nonlinear media. Nonlinear susceptibility and nonlinear polarization. 3. Applications of Nonlinear Optics. Second harmonic generation. Three wave mixing. Four wave mixing and optical Kerr effect. 4. Fundamental of Quantum Optics. State vector and inner product. Observable and operator. Eigenstates of observables. Quantum measurement process. Simultaneous measurement. Quantization of light. Coherent state. Squeezed state. Physical meaning of squeezed state. 5. Propagation Property of Quantum Signal. Linear loss. Nonlinear absorption. 6. Photon Statistics. Photon distribution. Photon bunching. Loss effect on photon distribution of squeezed state. 7. Detection of Squeezed Light. Analysis. Correspondence of theory and experiment. Relation between squeezed field and photocurrent spectra. 8. Generation of Squeezed Light. Squeezing property of degenerate parametric amplification process. General property of amplifier gain. Bandwidth of degenerate parametric amplifier. Examples of experiment. 9. Applications of Squeezed Light. Squeezer as an amplifier. Application to optical branching. Application to quantum communications. Appendices: A. Polarization and susceptibility for quasi-monochromatic light. B. Difficulties of squeezed light generation. C. Noise analysis for optical channels with amplifiers. References. Subject index.
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