"Quantum Optics and Laser Experiments" ed. by Sergiy Lyagushyn

The book embraces a wide spectrum of problems falling under the concepts of "Quantum optics" and "Laser experiments". The book includes theoretical contributions devoted to such problems as providing a general approach to describe electromagnetic field states with correlation functions of different nature, nonclassical properties of some superpositions of field states in time-varying media, photon localization, mathematical apparatus that is necessary for field state reconstruction on the basis of restricted set of observables, and quantum electrodynamics processes in strong fields provided by pulsed laser beams.

Experimental contributions are presented in chapters about some quantum optics processes in photonic crystals - media with spatially modulated dielectric properties - and chapters dealing with the formation of cloud of cold atoms in magneto optical trap.
All chapters provide the necessary basic knowledge of the phenomena under discussion and well-explained mathematical calculations.


Contents
Preface
Part 1 Theoretical Fundamentals: Problem of Observables
1. Description of Field States with Correlation Functions and Measurements in Quantum Optics
2. Nonclassical Properties of Superpositions of Coherent and Squeezed States for Electromagnetic Fields in Time-Varying Media
3. Photon Localization Revisited
4. Fusion Frames and Dynamics of Open Quantum Systems
Part 2 Quantum Phenomena with Laser Radiation
5. Quantum Optics Phenomena in Synthetic Opal Photonic Crystals
6. Resonant Effects of Quantum Electrodynamics in the Pulsed Light Field
7. Cold Atoms Experiments: Influence of Laser Intensity Imbalance on Cloud Formation