Quantum Measurements in Optics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Atomic Interferometry and Trapping

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Quantum Theory of Particle Trapping by Oscillating Fields

      • Roy J. Glauber

      Pages 3-14

   3. Quantum Measurements on Localized Particles

      • Stig Stenholm

      Pages 15-26

   4. Interferometry with Metastable Rare Gas Atoms

      • T. Sleator, O. Carnal, A. Faulstich, J. Mlynek

      Pages 27-40

   5. Quantum Measurements in Atomic Interferometry

      • M. A. M. Marte, P. Zoller, M. J. Holland, R. Graham, D. F. Walls

      Pages 41-54

   6. An Atomic-Beam Quantum-Eraser Gedanken Experiment

      • Berthold-Georg Englert, Heidi Fearn, Marlan O. Scully, Herbert Walther

      Pages 55-62

3. Quantum Measurements

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63

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   2. Quantum Mechanical Watch-Dog Effect and Measurement-Induced State Reduction in a Semiconductor Laser

      • Yoshihisa Yamamoto, Wayne H. Richardson, Susumu Machida

      Pages 65-84

   3. Quantum Non-Demolition Measurement of an Optical Intensity in a Three-Level Atomic Non-Linear System

      • Philippe Grangier, Jean-François Roch, Gérard Roger

      Pages 85-92

   4. The Quantum Measurement Process and the One-Atom Maser

      • R. J. Brecha, H. Walther

      Pages 93-104

   5. Phase-Sensitive Back-Action on a Microscopic System

      • V. Bagini, P. Lerner, P. Tombesi

      Pages 105-112

   6. Novel Effects in Quantum Optics

      • Klaus M. Gheri, Daniel F. Walls

      Pages 113-128

   7. Cavity Q.E.D.: Fundamental Theory of the Micromaser and Measurements of its Cavity Field

      • R. K. Bullough, N. M. Bogoliubov, N. Nayak, B. V. Thompson

      Pages 129-149

   8. The Action Uncertainty Principle for Continuous Quantum Measurements

      • Michael B. Mensky

      Pages 151-163

   9. Cavity QED and Classical Antenna Theory

      • Jonathan P. Dowling

      Pages 165-172

   10. Macroscopic Distinguishable States of Mechanical Oscillators Generated by Quantum Nondemolition Measurements

       • Roberto Onofrio

       Pages 173-180

4. Quantum Noise Reduction and Squeezing

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181

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   2. Progress and Perspectives in Squeezing

      • Elisabeth Giacobino, Thierry Debuisschert, Jerome Mertz, Laurent Hilico, Antoine Heidmann, Serge Reynaud et al.

      Pages 183-191

   3. Quantum Noise Reduction and Instabilities in Nondegenerate Four-Wave-Mixing

      • M. Brambilla, F. Castelli, L. A. Lugiato, F. Prati, G. Strini

      Pages 193-209

The NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Quantum Measurements in Optics was held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, January 21-25, 1991. This workshop was attended by 70 participants from 16 different countries. The subjects discussed at this workshop concentrated on quantum measurements in optics made possible by the recent advances in the generation and detection of light with low quantum noise. These advances have occurred simultaneously with the development of atomic traps capable of trapping a single atom for a considerable period of time. The interaction of a single two level atom with the single mode of the electromagnetic field is now possible in high Q microcavities. A new field of cavity QED has developed studying the properties of Rydberg atoms in microwave cavities. At this meeting we heard the first report of an atomic interferometer where a single atom passing through the two slits exhibits wave like interference phenomena. This new field involving the transfer of momentum from photons to atoms has lead to new possibilities for quantum nondemolition measurements on an optical field. We heard suggestions for such measurements at this meeting. With the new light sources available the possibility of using low quantum noise light in optical communications becomes close to reality. The problem of the propagation of quantum light field in optical fibres was actively discussed at this meeting.

• Phase
• communication
• development
• imaging
• interference
• interferometer
• optical communication
• optics
• quantum optics
• wave

• University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy

  Paolo Tombesi

• University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

  Daniel F. Walls

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