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Quantum optics addresses the phenomena that can only be formalised by treating light as streams of discrete quanta of energy, or photons (Fox, Quantum Optics: An Introduction, 1996, [1]). Important for the work contained in this thesis, this chapter provides the background to quantum optics, and the modelling of common optical experiment components within that framework. This background material is based on the comprehensive text of Walls and Milburn (Quantum Optics, 2008, [2]). The basic quantum states of light (Sect. 3.2) and their pictorial representations (Sect. 3.3) are presented, followed by the quantum optical descriptions of mirrors and photodetection (Sect. 3.4), and optical cavities (Sect. 3.5).
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Chua, S.S.Y. (2015). Quantum Optics and Light. In: Quantum Enhancement of a 4 km Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Detector. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17686-4_3
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