Frontiers of Laser Physics and Quantum Optics Proceedings of the International Conference on Laser Physics and Quantum Optics

Since the advent of the laser about 40 years ago, the fields of laser physics and quantum optics have evolved into a major disciplines. The early studies included optical coherence theory and semiclassical and quantum mechanical theories of the laser. More recently many new and interesting effects have been predicted. These include the role of coherent atomic effects in lasing without inversion and electromagnetically induced transparency, atom optics, laser cooling and trapping, teleportation, the single-atom micromaser and its role in quantum measurement theory, to name a few. The International Conference on Laser Physics and Quantum Optics was held in Shanghai, China, from August 25 to August 28,1999, to discuss these and many other exciting developments in laser physics and quantum optics. The international character of the conference was manifested by the fact that scientists from over 13 countries participated and lectured at the conference. There were four keynote lectures delivered by Nobel laureate Willis Lamb, Jr., Profs. H. Walther, A.E. Siegman,and M.O. Scully. In addition, there were 34 invited lectures, 27 contributed oral presentations, and 59 poster papers. We are grateful to all the participants of the conference and the contributors of this volume.

Super Classical Quantum Mechanics: The Interpretation of Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics.- The Laser Phase Transition Analogy and the Partition Function for Bose Condensation of N Atoms in a Trap.- Excess Quantum Noise in Nonnormal Oscillators.- Single Atom Masers and Lasers.- Quantum Entanglement: from Popper’s Experiment to Quantum Eraser.- Sub-Shot-Noise Measurements and Quantum-repeater Using Quantum Correlated Twin Beams.- Mirrorless Oscillation Based on Resonantly Enhanced 4-Wave Mixing: All-Order Analytic Solutions.- Recent Progress in High-Field Laser Physics Research at SIOFM.- Spatial Electron Clouds at Fractional and Multiple Magneto-optical Resonances.- Aspect of Harmonic Generation from Solid Surface Plasma by Using Picosecond Laser.- Generation of Short X-ray Pulse from Femtosecond Laser Produced Plasma and its Application.- Multiple-Scattering Effects in the Second Harmonic. Light Generated at Randomly Rough Metallic Interfaces.- Pump-Probe Spectroscopy — Revisited.- Electromagnetically Induced Waveguides and Propagation in Forbidden Zone.- Photon Localization and Exponential Scaling of Intensity Variance.- Coherence and Fluctuation of Light from Rough Surface Scattering.- Multiple-Scattering Phenomena in the Scattering of Light from Randomly Rough Surfaces.- Stimulated Raman Scattering of Solid Hydrogen in the Strong-Coupling Regime.- Femtosecond Soliton Propagation in an Optical Fiber.- Control of Spontaneous Processes.- Tests on Nonlinear Polymeric Waveguides for All-Optical Processing.- Spectroscopic Methods for Atom Localization and Quantum State Measurement.- Teleporting an Atomic Wavepacket.- Photon Bunching and Multi-photon Interference between Independent Parametric Down-Conversion Processes.- High Efficiency Frequency Up-Conversion Enhanced by Electromagnetically Induced Transparency.- On the way to Bose-Einstein Condensates in Optical and Electro-Magnetic Traps.- Creation of Fock States in an Optical Cavity via Phonon-Photon Interaction.- Spectral and Spatial Coherence in Solid State Raman Lasers.- The Hole-Burning Phenomenon under the Action of a Coherent Field.- XUV Emissions from Terawatt Femtosecond Laser Produced Plasma Columns in Gases.- Spectral, Temporal and Spatial Characteristics of Few Cycle Optical Pulsed Beam.- Quantum Measurement of the State of a Coherently Coupled Dot Device.- Controlling Magneto-Optical Rotation via Quantum Coherences.- Theoretical and Experimental Investigation on Twin Beams Generation by Non-degenerate Optical Parametric Amplifier.- Line-Shape Variations of Two-Photon Transition in Molecular Rhomb-Type System Based on Quantum Interference.- Population Oscillation in Two-band Photonic Crystals Via Quantum Interference.- Two Dimensional Nonlinear Dynamics of Cold Atoms in Hollow Fiber.- Atomic-State Teleportation Using GHZ State.- Experimental Implementation of Quantum Computing with Macroscopic Ensemble of Quantum Spins.- Fabrication and Characterization of Proton-Exchanged Lithium Niobate.- A Statistic Model for Ion Clouds in Paul Traps.- Single-Mode Self-Homodyne Tomography with Empty Cavity.- Narrowing Central Line of Resonance Fluorescence Spectrum of the V-configuration of a Four-level Atom via Quantum Interference.- A Proposal for Realizing BEC of 133Cs Atoms in Blue-Detuned Ar+ Hollow-Beam Trap.- Realization of the Long-Term Continuous Output for an Atom Laser: A Proposal.- Dynamics of Atom—Cavity system and Elimination of Momentum Elimination.- Influence of Squeezed Vacuum on Bistable Behavior.- Numerical Analysis of Wavelength Conversion Based on a Nonlinear Optical Loop Mirror.- Emission Spectrum of Two-Atom Two-Mode Multiphoton Raman Coupled Model.- DFB X-Ray Laser Gain Per Unit in Deformed Crystals.- Statistical Properties of Fundamental and Second Harmonic Light with Multiplicative Noise.- Measurement of the Wigner Function via Atomic Beam Deflection.- Projection Pattern Reducing with Magnetic Lens in Atom Lithograpy.- Atoms in the Magnetic Atomic Wave-Guide.- Study of the Time-Resolved Spectra of C1?1 State for the InCI Molecule.- Emission Spectrum of a Three-Level Atom in a Photonic Crystal.- Reduction of Light Speed in One-Dimensional Photonic Band-Gap Structures with a Defect.- Influence of the Kerr Medium on the Fidelity of Quantum State.- Some Anomalous Phenomena of 87Rb Atoms Fluorescence in a Quadrupole Magnetic Field.- The Properties of the Macro-Quantum Superposition States Involving Three Elements.- Gain in Autler-Townes Doublet due to Interference in Decay Channels.- Short-Wavelength Three-dimensional Photonic Crystals.- Diode-laser-based High Resolution Spectroscopy in Sm I.- QND-Like Quantum Measurement with a Photon-Number Squeezed Light Beam.- The Dynamics of 1D H2+ Interacting with Ultrashort Laser Pulse.- 3D Monte-Carlo Simulation of Zeeman Slower System with Two Level Atoms.- The Enhancement of Spontaneous and Stimulated Emission by a Bose-Einstein Condensate.- The Small Phase Shift Measurement Using Frequency-Degenerated Twin Beams.- Quantum Nondemolition Measurements in Degenerate Optical Parametric Oscillator.- Production of Subfemtosecond Pulses Directly through High-order Harmonic Generation.- Spontaneous Emission from a Driven Atom Embedded in a Photonic Crystal.- AC Magnetic Guide for Cold Atoms in an Ioffe Tube.- Bose-Einstein Condensation of Neutral Atoms with Attractive Interaction in a Harmonic Trap.- Influence of Spontaneous Emission on Two-Atom Dark State Inside a Quantized Standing Wave Cavity.- Spectroscopic Study of Gadolinium Energy Levels by Resonant Multi-Photon Ionization.- Near-Field Optical Trap by Tapered Fibre Probe.- Frequency Tunable Nonclassical Light Generation.- An Analytic Expression of Enhanced Spontaneous Emission in Semiconductor Microcavity Lasers.- Quantum Theory of the 3-Level-Atom Mazer.- Optical Wave Mixing of Interacting Charge-Transfer Excitons in Organic Crystalline Films.- Synchronization of Chaos in a Coupled Laser System.- Controlling the Time Evolution of an Atom—Cavity System via Atomic Feedback.