A semi-popular account of quantum physics based primarily on optical experiments performed over the past three decades. The book discusses how and where one can draw the border between the quantum and classical worlds, or indeed whether a border needs to be drawn at all.
A semi-popular account of quantum physics based primarily on optical experiments performed over the past three decades. The book discusses how and where one can draw the border between the quantum and classical worlds, or indeed whether a border needs to be drawn at all.
Christopher Gerry is Professor of Physics at Lehman College, The City University of New York, where his areas of research include theoretical quantum optics, quantum information theory, quantum metrology and sensing, and group theoretical methods in quantum optics and quantum theory in general. Kimberley Bruno is Vice Principal of Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design, Brooklyn, New York.
Inhaltsangabe
* 1: Physics Fundamentalism * 2: The Duality of Particles and Waves: The Split Personality of Electrons * 3: The Duality of Particles and Waves: Photons * 4: More Fun With Photons: Photon Splitting and its Uses * 5: Entanglement and Non-Locality: Spooky Actions at a Distance * 6: Quantum Information, Quantum Cryptography, and Quantum Teleportation * 7: Schrödinger's Cat and Leggett's SQUID: Quantum Effects on a Large Scale? * 8: Quantum Philosophy * Appendix A: A Quantum Mechanics Timeline * Appendix B: Quantum Mechanics Experiments for Undergraduates
* 1: Physics Fundamentalism * 2: The Duality of Particles and Waves: The Split Personality of Electrons * 3: The Duality of Particles and Waves: Photons * 4: More Fun With Photons: Photon Splitting and its Uses * 5: Entanglement and Non-Locality: Spooky Actions at a Distance * 6: Quantum Information, Quantum Cryptography, and Quantum Teleportation * 7: Schrödinger's Cat and Leggett's SQUID: Quantum Effects on a Large Scale? * 8: Quantum Philosophy * Appendix A: A Quantum Mechanics Timeline * Appendix B: Quantum Mechanics Experiments for Undergraduates
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