From Quantum Mechanics to Quantum Optics - Mathematical and Physical Advances

Author: Fan Hongyi
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: This book pioneers the development of Dirac's symbolic method, one of the founders of quantum mechanics, and combines the establishment of the continuous entanglement state representation of quantum mechanics, providing readers with a natural pathway from quantum mechanics to quantum optics theory. It enables a fresh and innovative development of the mathematical and theoretical foundations of quantum optics. The book offers novel explanations of coherent states, squeezed states, Wigner functions, thermal field dynamics, phase operators, and the quantum master equation, making it a leading monograph in the current mathematical theory of quantum optics. Additionally, the book introduces several newly proposed entanglement state representations and quantum unitary transformation theory, as well as Fresnel transformations, deepening the understanding of quantum entanglement. While advancing the mathematical foundations of quantum optics, it also promotes and deepens the theoretical research of Fourier optics. This book is suitable for students and faculty in physics and communication engineering programs of engineering universities, as well as researchers in various theoretical physics fields.