Mathematical methods of quantum optics (Q5926536)

This book provides an excellent introduction to the mathematical methods of quantum optics. It starts from the postulates of quantum mechanics, their mathematical consequences and paradoxes of quantum mechanics. Then, various SU algebras and representations of some Lie algebras are discussed. Then, stochastic processes, electromagnetic field quantization and atom-field interaction are presented. Master equations describing quantum damping are discussed in detail. Linear and nonlinear response of a system in external field and two- and three-level systems are investigated in the following chapters. In the last three chapters, the dissipative processes in atomic systems, fields dynamics and cavity QED are described. This textbook can be recommended to teachers, postgraduate students and researchers as a book covering all the relevant mathematical and theoretical techniques of quantum optics.