Opis
This book offers a systematic & comprehensive exposition of the quantum stochastic methods that have been developed in the field of quantum optics. It includes new treatments of photodetection, quantum amplifier theory, non-Markovian quantum stochastic processes, quantum input--output theory, & positive P-representations. It is the first book in which quantum noise is described by a mathematically complete theory in a form that is also suited to practical applications. Special attention is paid to non-classical effects, such as squeezing & antibunching. This edition has been enlarged so as to take account of rapid progress in the field, & now includes two additional chapters on the stochastic Schrodinger equation, & on cascaded quantum systems.