Fundamentals of Quantum Optics II: Proceedings of the Third Meeting on Laser Phenomena Held at the Bundessportheim in Obergurgl, Austria February 22–28, 1987

Quantum chaos for kicked spins....Pages 3-13
Localization and delocalization in a dissipative quantum map....Pages 14-31
Coherences and correlations in chaotic optical signals....Pages 32-46
Squeezed state generation by the normal mode splitting of two-level atoms in an optical cavity....Pages 49-60
Quantum noise reduction via twin photon beam generation....Pages 61-70
Dynamics of three-level atoms: jumping and squeezing....Pages 71-91
Interferometric detection of gravitational radiation and nonclassical light....Pages 92-108
“Quantum jumps” observed in single-ion fluorescence....Pages 111-118
Macroscopic quantum jumps....Pages 119-138
Spontaneous emission in confined space....Pages 141-156
The micromaser as a problem in “Quantum chaology”....Pages 157-164
Rydberg atoms two-photon micromaser....Pages 165-178
Preparation of cold atoms for precision measurements....Pages 181-195
Atomic motion in a resonant laser standing wave....Pages 196-210
Low-temperature physics with laser cooling....Pages 211-221
Expectation values, Q-functions and eigenvalues for dispersive optical bistatbility....Pages 225-239
Berry's phase and the parallel transport of polarization....Pages 240-248
Raman heterodyne ramsey spectroscopy in local space and velocity space....Pages 249-263
Dissipative death of quantum effects in a spin system....Pages 267-268
Period doubling in a quantized version of Henon's map....Pages 269-270
Resonance overlap and diffusion of the action variable in the laserexcitation of molecular vibrations....Pages 271-272
Winding numbers and collisions between attractors in a laser system....Pages 273-275
Squeezed quantum fluctuations and noise limits in amplifiers and attenuators....Pages 276-277
Ordered structures of ions stored in a RF-Trap....Pages 278-279
Quenching of quantum noise and detection of weak optical signals in the quantum beat laser....Pages 280-282
Light pressure induced nonlinear dispersion in a Doppler-broadened medium....Pages 283-284
Unstable periodic atomic orbitals....Pages 285-286
Virtual cloud effects in spontaneous decay....Pages 287-288