Christopher Gerry (City University of New York Lehman College), Peter Knight (Technology Imperial College of Science and Medicine

Introductory Quantum Optics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an elementary introduction to quantum optics, the study of the quantum mechanical nature of light and its interaction with matter. It is designed for upper-level undergraduates taking courses in quantum optics who have already taken courses in quantum mechanics, and for first and second year graduate students.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 600g
• ISBN-13: 9780521527354
• ISBN-10: 052152735X
• Artikelnr.: 21690726

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction; 2. Field quantization; 3. Coherent states; 4. Emission and absorption of radiation by atoms; 5. Quantum coherence functions; 6. Beam splitters and interferometers; 7. Nonclassical light; 8. Dissipative interactions and decoherence; 9. Optical test of quantum mechanics; 10. Experiments in cavity QED and with trapped ions; 11. Applications of entanglement: Heisenberg-limited interferometry and quantum information processing; Appendix A. The density operator, entangled states, the Schmidt decomposition, and the von Neumann entropy; Appendix B. Quantum measurement theory in a (very small) nutshell; Appendix C. Derivation of the effective Hamiltonian for dispersive (far off-resonant) interactions; Appendix D. Nonlinear optics and spontaneous parametric down-conversion.

Rezensionen

'... the book is well argued throughout and subject applications are explained beautifully.' The Times Higher Education Supplement