Journal of the European Optical Society - Rapid publications, Vol 5 (2010)

Quantum theory of coherence and nonlinear optics

J. Perina

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We review the beginning stage of quantum theory of coherence and research at the Palacky University in quantum and nonlinear optics related to quantum state reconstruction, generalized superposition of signal and quantum noise, quantum Zeno effect, nonlinear optical couplers and parametric down-conversion.

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