Methods in Theoretical Quantum Optics Book

1. Foundations
2. Coherent interactions
3. Operators and states
4. Quantum statistics of fields
5. Dissipative processes
6. Dressed states Appendix 1: Kronecker delta and the permutation symbol Appendix 2: The Dirac delta function Appendix 3: Special Functions Appendix 4: Quadrature eigenstates Appendix 5: Operator ordering theorems Appendix 6: The pole approximation Appendix 7: Principal part integrals Appendix 8: Contour integrals Appendix 9: Laplace transforms and the final value theorem Appendix 10: Operator ordering in the Heisenberg equations Appendix 11: The method of characteristics for partial differential equations Appendix 12: Transformation of master equations into partial differential equations Appendix 13: Fokker-Planck equations Appendix 14: Cubic equations Selected bibliography Index