An Introduction to Quantum Optics : Photon and Biphoton Physics

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Front cover; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Author; Chapter 1. Electromagnetic Wave Theory and Measurement of Light; Chapter 2. Coherence Property of Light-The State of the Radiation; Chapter 3. Diffraction and Propagation; Chapter 4. Optical Imaging; CHapter 5. First-Order Coherence of Light; Chapter 6. Second-Order Coherence of Light; Chapter 7. Homodyne Detection and Heterodyne Detection of Light; Chapter 8. Quantum Theory of Light: Field Quantization and Measurement; Chapter 9. Quantum Theory of Optical Coherence; Chapter 10. Quantum Entanglement.Chapter 11. Quantum ImagingChapter 12. Two-Photon Interferometry-I: Biphoton Interference; Chapter 13. Two-Photon Interferometry-II: Quantum Interference of Chaotic-Thermal Light; Chapter 14. Bell's Theorem and Bell's Inequality Measurement; Back cover.Electromagnetic Wave Theory and Measurement of LightElectromagnetic Wave Theory of LightClassical SuperpositionMeasurement of LightIntensity of Light: Expectation and FluctuationMeasurement of Intensity: Ensemble Average and Time AverageCoherence Property of Light-The State of the RadiationCoherence Property of LightTemporal CoherenceSpatial CoherenceDiffraction and PropagationDiffractionField PropagationOptical ImagingA Classic Imaging SystemFourier Transform via a LensFirst-Order Coherence of LightFirst-Order Temporal CoherenceFirst-Order Spatial CoherenceSecond-Order Coherence of LightSecon. Read more... Abstract: Front cover; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Author; Chapter 1. Electromagnetic Wave Theory and Measurement of Light; Chapter 2. Coherence Property of Light-The State of the Radiation; Chapter 3. Diffraction and Propagation; Chapter 4. Optical Imaging; CHapter 5. First-Order Coherence of Light; Chapter 6. Second-Order Coherence of Light; Chapter 7. Homodyne Detection and Heterodyne Detection of Light; Chapter 8. Quantum Theory of Light: Field Quantization and Measurement; Chapter 9. Quantum Theory of Optical Coherence; Chapter 10. Quantum Entanglement.Chapter 11. Quantum ImagingChapter 12. Two-Photon Interferometry-I: Biphoton Interference; Chapter 13. Two-Photon Interferometry-II: Quantum Interference of Chaotic-Thermal Light; Chapter 14. Bell's Theorem and Bell's Inequality Measurement; Back cover.Electromagnetic Wave Theory and Measurement of LightElectromagnetic Wave Theory of LightClassical SuperpositionMeasurement of LightIntensity of Light: Expectation and FluctuationMeasurement of Intensity: Ensemble Average and Time AverageCoherence Property of Light-The State of the RadiationCoherence Property of LightTemporal CoherenceSpatial CoherenceDiffraction and PropagationDiffractionField PropagationOptical ImagingA Classic Imaging SystemFourier Transform via a LensFirst-Order Coherence of LightFirst-Order Temporal CoherenceFirst-Order Spatial CoherenceSecond-Order Coherence of LightSecon