Recent Developments in Quantum Optics

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
The Quantum Mechanics of Particles in Time-Dependent Quadrupole Fields....Pages 1-13
Localization of Photons in Random and Quasiperiodic Media....Pages 15-22
Enhanced Fundamental Linewidth of a Laser Due to Outcoupling....Pages 23-35
Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Correlations....Pages 37-42
Simultaneously Sharp Wave and Particle-Like Property of Single Photon States in a Two-Prism Experiment....Pages 43-46
Wigner Function Description of Nonlocal Features of Quantum Fields Generated in Nonlinear Optical Processes....Pages 47-53
Near Dipole-Dipole Interaction Effects in Quantum and Nonlinear Optics....Pages 55-63
Quantum Field Theory of Dielectrics and Solitons....Pages 65-76
Ten Years of the Positive P-Representation....Pages 77-86
Thermofield Dynamics and its Applications to Quantum Optics....Pages 87-96
Supersymmetry in Quantum Optics....Pages 97-100
Polarization Invariance of Light Fields and P-Scalar Biphoton Light....Pages 101-104
Generalized Commutation Relations for Single Mode Oscillator....Pages 105-108
Quantum Jumps in a Coherently Shelved Atomic System....Pages 109-112
Quantum Optical Approach to Recombination....Pages 113-116
Geometric Phase Associated with Spinor Rotations....Pages 117-122
The One-Atom Maser and the Generation of Nonclassical Light....Pages 123-144
Observation of A Nonclassical Berry’S Phase in Quantum Optics....Pages 145-157
Invariants and Schrödinger Uncertainty Relation for Nonclassical Light....Pages 159-169
Noise in Two Mode Squeezed States and Thermo Field Dynamics....Pages 171-182
Interaction of Atoms with Squeezed Radiation....Pages 183-195
Wigner Function for Coherent Superposition of Two Squeezed States....Pages 197-199
Exponential of a Quadratic in Boson Operators and Squeezed States....Pages 201-204
Correlated and Squeezed Coherent States of Nonstationary Quantum Systems....Pages 205-208
Nonclassical Properties of States Generated by the Excitations on a Coherent State....Pages 209-213
Phase Properties of Squeezed Number States....Pages 215-219
Optical Double Resonance from a Regular Array of N Three-Level Atoms: A Source of Macrosopic Squeezed Light....Pages 221-227
Photon Correlation and Successive Emission from a Two Level Atom in a Broadband Squeezed Vacuum....Pages 229-234
Time Dependent Spectra of a Three-Level Atom in Squeezed Vacuum....Pages 235-239
Effect of Squeezed Radiation Field on a Two Level Atom....Pages 241-245
Squeezing of a Weak Light Beam Using Interaction with an Intense Light Beam in a Kerr Medium....Pages 247-249
Squeezing and Quantum Noise Quenching in Optically Pumped Atomic Clocks....Pages 251-255
Properties of Squeezed Binomial States and Squeezed Negative Binomial States....Pages 257-264
Optical Multistability at the Surface of a Medium of Two-Level Atoms....Pages 265-267
Squeezed and Nonclassical States Due to Frequency Changes in Harmonic Oscillators....Pages 269-272
Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics: Fundamental Theory of the Micromaser....Pages 273-288
The Jaynes-Cummings Model Generalized: Three-Level Atoms Interacting with Two Oscillators....Pages 289-291
Quantum Noise Reduction in Lasers Through Nonlinear Intracavity Dynamics....Pages 293-308
Dynamics of a Multimode Laser with Nonlinear, Birefringent Intracavity Elements....Pages 309-328
Quantum Noise in Lasers and Parametric Oscillators: Inside Versus Outside....Pages 329-342
Chaos in a Single Mode Laser with Intracavity Parametric Amplification....Pages 343-345
Cavity Qed with a Single Morse Oscillator....Pages 347-352
Effects of Atomic Coherence on the Collapse and Revival Phenomenon in a Two-Photon Jaynes-Cummings Model....Pages 353-358
Lamb Shift in Squeezed Thermal Vacuum....Pages 359-362
Reflection of Electromagnetic Signal from a Mirror with Large Quantum Mechanical Positional Uncertainty....Pages 363-367
Towards Spectroscopy of Partially Coherent Sources....Pages 369-382
A Microscopic Approach to Wolf Effect....Pages 383-386
Stiles-Crawford Effect of Second Kind in the Light of Spectral Shift Due to Source Correlation....Pages 387-393
Frequency Shifts of Spectral Lines by Scattering from Space Time Fluctuations....Pages 395-398
Overview of Recent Advances in Short-Pulse Strong-Field Ionization of Atoms....Pages 399-407
Quantum Optics of Strongly Driven Two-Level Atoms....Pages 409-416
The Optical Ring Resonator as a Model of a Two-Level Atom....Pages 417-426
Tailoring Atomic Response....Pages 427-434
Generic Instabilities and Chaos in Stimulated Scattering Phenomenon....Pages 435-454
Population Fluctuations in Two-Level Atoms Induced by Laser Noise....Pages 455-471
Laser-Phase-Noise Induced Stochastic Resonance Fluorescence....Pages 473-477
A Double Resonance Model for Lasers Without Inversion....Pages 479-484
Squeezing of Classical Solitons....Pages 485-488
Ladder of Triplets in the Spectrum of Resonance Fluorescence from a Two Level Atom....Pages 489-493
Photon-Statistics of Stimulated Hyper Raman Scattering in an Inhomogeneously Broadened Three-Level Gaseous System....Pages 495-503
Optoelectronic Effect in Junction Lasers and Amplifiers and their Applications....Pages 505-510
Some Properties of Stimulated Raman Scattering Excited by Picosecond Light Pulses....Pages 511-515
Statistical Distribution for Laboratory Generated Turbulence....Pages 517-520
Statistical Parameters for Non-Exponentially Decaying Sources....Pages 521-524
On the Line Shapes of Saturated Absorption Spectral Profiles in Discharge Plasmas....Pages 525-528
Excitonic Bistability in MQW Structures Under Guided Wave Conditions....Pages 529-539
Optical Phase Conjugation in Magnetoactive Doped Semiconductors....Pages 541-545
Raman Induced Phase Conjugation in Benzene....Pages 547-551
New Resonances in Four-Wave Mixing Due to Velocity- Changing Collisions....Pages 553-556
Bistable Oscillations in Phase Conjugate Resonators with BaTiO 3 ....Pages 557-561
Resonant Third Order Optical Nonlinearity in Styryl 9....Pages 563-565
Back Matter....Pages 567-569