Up to here we have seen the abstract theory, which involves a certain number of operators on H. The choice of H and of these operators fixes the physical model. This section provides some hints on how to do this choice.
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Barchielli, A., Gregoratti, M. (2009). Quantum Optical Systems. In: Quantum Trajectories and Measurements in Continuous Time. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 782. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01298-3_7
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