Introductory Quantum Optics

Name: Introductory Quantum Optics
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ISBN: 9780521527354

ISBN-10: 052152735X

ISBN-13: 9780521527354

Edition: 2004

Authors: Christopher Gerry, Peter Knight

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Description:

Quantum optics is the study of the quantum mechanical nature of light & its interaction with matter. This book offers an elementary introduction, covering topics that inculde quantization of multimode fields, quantum phase, coherent states, atom-field interactions, and much else.

Book details

List price: $79.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/28/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 332
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English




Introduction



Field quantization



Coherent states



Emission and absorption of radiation by atoms



Quantum coherence functions



Beam splitters and interferometers



Nonclassical light



Dissipative interactions and decoherence



Optical test of quantum mechanics



Experiments in cavity QED and with trapped ions



Applications of entanglement: Heisenberg-limited interferometry and quantum information processing



The density operator, entangled states, the Schmidt decomposition, and the von Neumann entropy



Quantum measurement theory in a (very small) nutshell



Derivation of the effective Hamiltonian for dispersive (far off-resonant) interactions



Nonlinear optics and spontaneous parametric down-conversion