Photons and Quantum Fluctuations

Based on a special ONR seminar, Photons and Quantum Fluctuations draws together discoveries in nonclassical or "silent" light for research workers and postgraduates in quantum optics.

Pike, E. R.; Walther, H.

Nonclassical light (H P Yuen). Single-atom oscillators (H Walther). Photodetection and photostatistics (M Le Berre). Nonclassical photon interference effects (C K Hong, Z Y Ou and L Mandel). Photons and approximate localizability (E R Pike and S Sarkar). Quantum noise reduction on twin laser beams (E Giacobino, C Fabre, S Reynaud, A Heidmann and R Horowicz). Nonclassical effects in parametric downconversion (J G Rarity and P R Tapster). Moving mirrors and nonclassical light (S Sarkar). Propagation of nonclassical light (I Abram). Models for phase-insensitive linear quantum amplifiers (G Mander, R Loudon and T J Shepherd). Quasiprobabilities based on squeezed states (F Haake and M Wilkens). Index.).