The Quantum Analysis of Light

This book discusses in a systematic manner the quantum properties of the light generated by several optical systems such as lasers and the effect of light on the dynamics of atoms. Several original and interesting procedures of analysis are presented. Some of these include the procedure followed to derive the master equation for a cavity mode or a two-level atom coupled to a squeezed vacuum reservoir, to establish the correlation properties of the noise operators or forces associated with quantum or c-number Langevin equations, to obtain the input-output relation, and the approach adopted in the analysis of atom cooling. Moreover, the quadrature squeezing of superposed light beams, local mean photon number, and local quadrature squeezing are discussed.The quantum analysis of lasers pumped by electron bombardment and coupled to a noiseless vacuum reservoir is also presented.