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Download or read book Statistical Methods in Quantum Optics 2 written by Howard J. Carmichael and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-04-25 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second volume of Howard Carmichael’s work continues the development of the methods used in quantum optics to treat open quantum systems and their fluctuations. Its early chapters build upon the phase-space methods introduced in Volume 1. Written on a level suitable for debut researchers or students in an advanced course in quantum optics, or a course in quantum mechanics or statistical physics that deals with open quantum systems.