Optical coherence and
quantum optics
LEONARD MANDEL
Lee DuBridge Professor it Physics and Optics
University of Rochester, Rochester, N. Y., USA
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EMIL WOLF
Wilson Pro和ssor of Optical Physics
University of Rochester, Rochester, N. Y., USA
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ISBN O 521 41711 2
1. Coherence (Optics) 2. Quantum optics. I. Wolf, Emil. II. Title.
Optical coherence and quantum optics/ by Leonard Mandel and Emil Wolf.
Mandel, Leonard.
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QC403.M34 1995
535'.2-dc20 93-48873 CIP
ISBN O 521 41711 2 hardback
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Dedicated to our wives
Jeanne and Marlies
in appreciation of their patience, understanding and help
Contents
Preface
1 Elements of probability theory
1.1 Definitions
1.2 Properties of probabilities
1.2.1 Joint probabilities
1.2.2 Conditional probabilities
1.2.3 Bayes'theorem on inverse probabilities
1.3 Random variables and prob动ility distributions
1.3.1 Transformations of variates
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ECxhpebecytsahtieov nis n and moments
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equality
1.4 Generating functions
1.4.1 Moment generating function
1.4.2 Characteristic function
1.4.3 Cumulants
1.5 Some examples of probability distributions
1.5.1 Bernoulli or binomial-distriooti硕
1.5.2 Poisson distribution
1.5.3 Bose-Einstein distribution
1.5.4 The weak law of large numbers
1.5.5 Normal or Gaussian distribution
1.5.6 The central limit theorem
1.5. 7 Gamma distribution
1.6 Multivariate Gaussian distribution
1.6.1 The Gaussian moment theorem
1.6.2 Moment generating function and characteristic function
1.6.3 Multiple complex Gaussian variates
Problems
2 Random (or stochastic) processes
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Introduction to statistical ensembles
2.1.1 The ensemble average
2.1.2 Joint probabilities and correlations
2.1.3 The probability functional
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2.2 Stationarity and ergodicity
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2.2.3 Examples of random processes
2.3 Properties of th e autocorrelation function
2 .4 Spectral prop erties of a stat10nary random process
2.4.1 Spectral density and the Wiener-Khintchine theorem
2.4.2 Singularities of the spectral density
2.4.3 Normalized correlations and normalized spectral densities
2.4.4 Cross-correlations and cross-spectral densities
2.5 Orthogonal representation of a random process
2.5.1 The Karhunen-Loeve expansion
2.5.2 The limit T- co; an alternative approach to the Wiener-
Khintchine theorem
2.6 Time development and class1ficat1on of random processes
2.6.1 Conditional probability densities
2.6.2 Completely random or separable process
2.6.3 First-order Markov process
2.6.4 Higher-order Markov process
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2.8 M aster equations in differential form
2.8.1 The Kramers-Moyal differential equation
2.8.2 Vector random process
2.8.3 The order of the Kramers-Moyal differential equation
2.9 Langevin equation and Fokker-Planck equation
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2.9.2 Steady-state solution of the Fokker-Planck equation
2.9.3 Time-dependent solution of the Fokker-Planck equation
2.10 The Wiener process (or one-dimensional random walk)
2.10.1 The random walk problem
2.10.2 Joint probabilities and autocorrelation
2.10.3 Equation of motion of the Wiener process
Problems
3 Some useful mathematical techniques
3.1 The complex analytic signal
3. 1. 1 Definition and basic properties of analytic signals
3.1.2 Quasi-monochromatic signals and their envelopes
3.1.3 Relationships between correlation functions of real and associated
complex analytic random processes
3 .1.4 Statistical properties of the analytic signal associated with a real
Gaussian random process
3.2 The angular spectrum representation of wavefields
3.2.1 The angular spectrum of a wavefield in a slab geometry
3.2.2 The angular spectrum of a wavefield in a half-space
3.2.3 An example: diffraction by a semi-transparent object
3.2.4 The Weyl representation of a spherical wave
3.2.5 The Rayleigh diffraction formulas
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3.3 The method of stationary phase
3.3.1 Definition of an asymptotic expansion
3.3.2 Method of stationary phase for single integrals
3.3.3 Method of stationary phase for double integrals
3.3.4 An example: far也zone behavior of the angular spectrum
representation of wavefields
Problems
4 Second-order coherence theory of scalar wavefields
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4.2 Some elementary concepts and definitions
4.2.1 Temporal coherence and the coherence time
4.2.2 Spatial coherence and the coherence area
4.2.3 Coherence volume and the degeneracy parameter
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correlation phenomenon
4.3.1 The laws of interference. The mutual coherence function and the
complex degree of coherence
4.3.2 Second-order correlations in the space-frequency domain. The
cross-spectral density and the spectral degree of coherence
4.3.3 Coherence time and bandwidth
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4.4.1 Differential equations for the propagation of the mutual coherence
and of the cross-spectral density in free space
4.4.2 Propagation of correlations from a plane
4.4.3 Propagation of correlations from finite surfaces
4.4.4 The van Cittert-Zemike theorem
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4.5.1 Cross-spectrally pure light
4.5.2 Coherent light in the space-time domain
4.5.3 Coherent light in the space-frequency domain
4.6 Free fields of any state of coherence
4.6.1 Sudarshan's equations for the propagation of second-order
correlation functions of free fields
4.6.2 Time evolution of the second-order correlation functions of free
4. 7 .2 Rigorous representation of the cross-spectral density as a
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4.7.3 Natural modes of oscillations of partially coherent primary
sources and a representation of their cross-spectral density as a
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4.6.3 A relationship between temporal and spatial coherence properties
4.6.4 A relationship between spectral properties and spatial coherence
properties of free fiel~s
4.7 Coherent-mode representation and ensemble representation of
sources and fields in the space-frequency domain
4.7.1 Coherent-mode representation of partially coherent fields in free
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