Rodney (, Professor of Theoretical Physics, Department of Electronic Systems Engineering, University of Essex) Loudon
This Third Edition, like its two predecessors, provides a detailed account of the basic theory needed to understand the properties of light and its interactions with atoms, in particular the many nonclassical effects that have now been observed in quantum-optical experiments. The earlier chapters describe the quantum mechanics of various optical processes, leading from the classical representation of the electromagnetic field to the quantum theory of light. The later chapters develop the theoretical descriptions of some of the key experiments in quantum optics. Over half of the material in...
This Third Edition, like its two predecessors, provides a detailed account of the basic theory needed to understand the properties of light and its in...
