# Index [[boundary between optics and quantum optics]] [displacement operator](displacement%20operator.md) [[electromagnetic wave quantization]] [Gaussian beam](Gaussian%20beam.md) [[Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect]] [Hong-Ou-Mandel effect](Hong-Ou-Mandel%20effect.md) [Jaynes-Cummings Hamiltonian](Jaynes-Cummings%20Hamiltonian) [[photon polarization]] [[photon]] [[photon number state]] [photon statistics](photon%20statistics.md) [[polarization operator]] [[polarization rotation operator]] [[Quantum correlation functions]] [[semi-classical interaction]] [[Spatial quantum correlation functions]] [squeezed coherent state](squeezed%20coherent%20state.md) [squeezed state pseudo-creation and annihilation operators](squeezed%20state%20pseudo-creation%20and%20annihilation%20operators.md) [squeezed states](squeezed%20states.md) [squeezed vacuum state](squeezed%20vacuum%20state.md) [Squeezing Operator](Squeezing%20Operator.md) [super-poissonian light](super-poissonian%20light.md) [[Thermal photons]] [[The use of the Word 'Photon' in Quantum Optics]] [[Temporal quantum correlation functions]] [two photon coherent state](two%20photon%20coherent%20state.md) ## Sub-Indices [Experimental tools in optics (index)](Experimental%20tools%20in%20optics%20(index).md) [Physical Examples, Quantum Optics (index)](Physical%20Examples,%20Quantum%20Optics%20(index).md) ## Related-Indices [Atomic Physics (Index)](Atomic%20Physics%20(Index).md) [Optics (Index)](Optics%20(Index).md) [Nano-optics and nanophotonics (Index)](Nano-optics%20and%20nanophotonics%20(Index).md) --- # Basic Concepts ## Quantum mechanical description of light # Quantum electronics and electron quantum optics --- # Bibliography Fox, M., _Quantum Optics: An Introduction_ ![](Quantum%20Optics%20An%20Introdcution%20(Mark%20Fox).pdf) Schollwöck, U. _Grundlegende Konzepte 2_, T2: Quantenmechanik Lecture Notes, Winter 2019/2020 (German) ![](QM_-1-Grundlegende-Konzepte-2_2%201.pdf) Lamb., W.E. _Antiphoton_ Appl. Phys. B 60, 77-84 (1995) ![](10.1.1.393.688.pdf) Loudon R., _Quantum Theory of Light_ ![](Rodney%20Loudon%20-%20The%20Quantum%20Theory%20of%20Light,%20Third%20Edition-Oxford%20University%20Press,%20USA%20(2000).pdf) Borenstein, M., Lamb, W.E. _Classical Laser_ Phys. Rev. A 5, 1298 ![](borenstein1972.pdf) Metcalf, H. J., van der Straten P., _Laser cooling and trapping_ ![](%5BGraduate%20texts%20in%20contemporary%20physics%5D%20Harold%20J.%20Metcalf,%20Peter%20van%20der%20Straten%20-%20Laser%20cooling%20and%20trapping%20(1999,%20Springer)%20-%20libgen.lc.pdf) Allen L., Eberly J.H., _Optical Resonance and Two-Level Atoms_ ![](%5BInterscience%20monographs%20and%20texts%20in%20physics%20and%20astronomy,%2028%5D%20Leslie%20Allen,%20Joseph%20H.%20Eberly%20-%20Optical%20resonance%20and%20two-level%20atoms%20(1975,%20Wiley)%20-%20libgen.lc.pdf) Scully M. O., Zubairy M. S. _Quantum Optics_ ![](Marlan%20O.%20Scully,%20M.%20Suhail%20Zubairy%20-%20Quantum%20optics%20(1997,%20Cambridge%20University%20Press).pdf) Yuan H. P. _Two photon coherent states of the radiation field_, Phys. Rev. A 13 2226 ![](PhysRevA.13.2226.pdf) [Baym, G., _Lectures on Quantum Mechanics_, Westview Press, 1990](Baym,%20G.,%20Lectures%20on%20Quantum%20Mechanics,%20Westview%20Press,%201990.md) [Hanbury Brown R., Twiss, _A test of a new type of type of stellar interferometer on Sirius_, Nature 178, 1956.](Hanbury%20Brown%20R.,%20Twiss,%20A%20test%20of%20a%20new%20type%20of%20type%20of%20stellar%20interferometer%20on%20Sirius,%20Nature%20178,%201956..md) [Mandel L., Wolf E., _Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics_, Cambridge University Press, 1995.](Mandel%20L.,%20Wolf%20E.,%20Optical%20Coherence%20and%20Quantum%20Optics,%20Cambridge%20University%20Press,%201995..md) [Schollwöck, U, J. Homework 2, Quantum Mechanics 1 (German), (2019-2020)](Schollwöck,%20U,%20J.%20Homework%202,%20Quantum%20Mechanics%201%20(German)%20(2019,2020).md) [Söderholm, J., Björk, G., Trifonov, Unpolarized light in quantum optics, arXivquant-ph0007099, 2000](Söderholm,%20J.,%20Björk,%20G.,%20Trifonov,%20Unpolarized%20light%20in%20quantum%20optics,%20arXivquant-ph0007099,%202000.md) [Steck, D. A., _Quantum and Atom Optics_, 2007 (last revised in September 2021)](Steck,%20D.%20A.,Quantum%20and%20Atom%20Optics,%202007%20(last%20revised%20September%202021).md) #QuantumMechanics/QuantumOptics #Electromagnetism/Optics #Electromagnetism/Optics/WaveOptics #Electromagnetism/Optics/WaveOptics/GaussianBeamOptics #Electromagnetism/Optics/WaveOptics/NanoOptics #PhysicalExamples/PhysicalExamplesInQuantumMechanics/PhysicalExamplesInQuantumOptics #ExperimentalTools/QuantumMechanicsExperimentalTools/QuantumOpticsExperimentalTools #index #Bibliography