Nonclassical Optical Fields (Physics)

提出了关于非经典光场的产生，它们与物质的相互作用，以及概念化和数学描述它们的非经典性质的方法的基本理论问题。在这里，电磁场被看作是一个本质上的统计量。希望能够更好地理解经典世界和量子力学世界之间的概念和理论接口。工作领域将包括(1)腔内原子-场相互作用，(2)单原子光学双稳定性，(3)与非经典光的原子相互作用，以及(4)非线性量子耗散系统理论

It is proposed to address fundamental theoretical questions about the generation of nonclassical optical fields, their interactions with matter, and methods for conceptualizing and giving mathematical description to their nonclassical properties. Here the electromagnetic field is viewed as an essentially statistical quantity. The hope is to achieve a better understanding of the conceptual and theoretical interface between the classical and quantum-mechanical worlds. Areas of work will include (1) intracavity atom-field interactions, (2) single-atom optical bi stability, (3) atomic interactions with nonclassical light, and (4) the theory of nonlinear quantum dissipative systems