Quantum Optics

John Garrison, Raymond Chiao (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

736 Seiten

2014
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-968999-6 (ISBN)

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This book develops the theoretical and experimental basis of quantum optics, i.e. the interaction of individual particles of light (photons) with matter, starting from elementary quantum theory. The self-contained exposition will be useful to graduate and senior undergraduate students in physics, engineering, chemistry.
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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.

John Garrison Visiting Scholar, University of California at Berkeley EXPERIENCE Senior scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (1961-1996) Lecturer Univ. of California Davis/Livermore and Univ. of California Berkeley (various dates). Visiting staff scientist Max Planck Institute fur Quantenoptik, Garching (1984-1985) Raymond Chiao Professor in the School of Natural Sciences and in the School of Engineering, University of California EXPERIENCE 1/06 - present Professor of Natural Sciences and of Engineering, UC Merced 7/77 - 12/05 Professor, Department of Physics, UC Berkeley 7/70 - 6/77 Associate Professor, Department of Physics, UC Berkeley 6/67 - 6/70 Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, UC Berkeley 7/65 - 6/67 Assistant Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.3.2014
Reihe/Serie	Oxford Graduate Texts
Zusatzinfo	100 b/w line illustrations
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	175 x 243 mm
Gewicht	1240 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Optik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
ISBN-10	0-19-968999-7 / 0199689997
ISBN-13	978-0-19-968999-6 / 9780199689996
Zustand	Neuware