Continuous measurements in quantum optics (Q2707368)

A valuable survey of the theory of continuous measurements and its applications to quantum optics is given. For the topies dealt with see the chapter headings:NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE1. Introduction. 2. The Mandel and Srinivas-Davies approaches to modeling photodetection. 3. Reversibility and irreversibility of photocounting. 4. Models of continuous measurement. 5. Probability-density functional for quantum photodetection processes. 6. Quasicontinuous schemes of photodetection. 7. Special states of an optical mode by means of continuous and nearly continuous measurements on this mode. 8. Production of correlated photons. 9. Conditional generation of special states using ideal state reduction of entangled fields. 10. Special states of one or two optical modes by means of continuous measurement on a different mode. 11. Eigenvalue problems for intelligent states generated in ideal and continuous measurements. 12. Conclusion. Appendix A. Superoperator-valued measure and related concepts. Appendix B. Itô's calculus without Itô's differential references. An extensive list of references is also given.NEWLINENEWLINEFor the entire collection see [Zbl 0954.00017].