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Quantum States of Light

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Mathematical Physics ((BRIEFSMAPHY,volume 10))

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In this section, we present an intuitive description of quantum optics.

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  1. 1.

    \(\delta _{lm}\) is called Kronecker delta and it is 1 when \(l=m\) and 0 when \(l \ne m\).

  2. 2.

    We can use \(\hbar =1/2\) instead of \(\hbar =1\).

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Correspondence to Akira Furusawa .

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Furusawa, A. (2015). Quantum States of Light. In: Quantum States of Light. SpringerBriefs in Mathematical Physics, vol 10. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55960-3_1

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