What is Quantum Optics?
Ante
The Wigner Function
Quantum States in Phase Space
Waves á la WKB
WKB Wave Functions and Berry's Phase
Interference in Phase Space
Applications of Interference in Phase Space
Wave Packet Dynamics
Quantization of the Radiation Field
Quantum States of the Radiation Field
Phase Space Functions
Optical Interferometry
Atom-Field Interaction
Dynamics of Jaynes-Cummings-Paul Model
State Preparation and Entanglement
The Paul Trap
Damping and Amplification
Atom Optics in Quantized Light Fields
Wigner Functions in Atom Optics
Appendix
Time Dependent Operators -
Derivation of Equations Determining the Moyal Function -
Energy Wave Functions of Harmonic Oscillator -
Method of Stationary Phase -
Radial Equation -
Airy Function -
Asymptotic Expansion of the Poisson Distribution -
Area of Overlap -
P-Distributions -
Homodyne Detection Kernel -
Effective Hamiltonian -
Spontaneous Emission -
A Model for the Square Root of a Delta Function -
Bessel Functions
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Optik 115, No 9 (2004)
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