TY - CHAP AU - Sergiy Lyagushyn AU - Alexander Sokolovsky ED - Sergiy Lyagushyn Y1 - 2012-01-20 PY - 2012 T1 - Description of Field States with Correlation Functions and Measurements in Quantum Optics N2 - The book embraces a wide spectrum of problems falling under the concepts of "Quantum optics" and "Laser experiments". These actively developing branches of physics are of great significance both for theoretical understanding of the quantum nature of optical phenomena and for practical applications. 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. BT - Quantum Optics and Laser Experiments SP - Ch. 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/31454 DO - 10.5772/31454 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-26 ER -