Quantum Optics (Oxford Graduate Texts)

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ISBN: 9780198508861
Author/Editor: Chiao

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Year: 2008

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Quantum optics, i.e. the interaction of individual photons with matter, began with the discoveries of Planck and Einstein, but in recent years, it has expanded beyond pure physics to become an important driving force for technological innovation. This book serves the broader readership growing out of this development by starting with an elementary description of the underlying physics and then building up a more advanced treatment. The reader is led from the quantum theory of the simple harmonic oscillator to the application of entangled states to quantum information processing.

An equally important feature of the text is a strong emphasis on experimental methods. Primary photon detection, heterodyne and homodyne techniques, spontaneous down-conversion, and quantum tomography are discussed, together with important experiments. These experimental and theoretical considerations come together in the chapters describing quantum cryptography, quantum communications, and quantum computing.

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Weight 1.536 kg

Product Properties

Year of Publication

2008

Table of Contents

1. The quantum nature of light ; 2. Quantization of cavity modes ; 3. Field quantization ; 4. Interaction of light with matter ; 5. Coherent states ; 6. Entangled states ; 7. Paraxial quantum optics ; 8. Linear optical devices ; 9. Photon detection ; 10. Experiments in linear optics ; 11. Coherent interaction of light with atoms ; 12. Cavity quantum electrodynamics ; 13. Nonlinear quantum optics ; 14. Quantum noise and dissipation ; 15. Nonclassical states of light ; 16. Linear optical amplifiers ; 17. Quantum tomography ; 18. The master equation ; 19. Bell's theorem and its quantum optical tests ; 20. Quantum information ; Appendices

Author

Chiao

ISBN/ISSN

9780198508861

Binding

Hardback

Edition

1

Publisher

Oxford University Press

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