Quantum Noise

This book offers a systematic and comprehensive exposition of the quantum stochastic methods that have been developed in the field of quantum optics. It includes new treatments of -photodetection -quantum amplifier theory -non-Markovian quantum stochastic processes -quantum input 1/n output theory -recent results in positive P-representations Itis the first book iln which uantum noise is described by a mathematically complete theory in a form that is also suited to practical applications. Special attention is paid to non-classical effects, such as squeezing and antibunching.