| Description | | - Extensive coverage of experimental techniques.
- Theory developed in self-contained way, starting from elementary physics and progressing to current research frontier.
- Includes detailed discussion of linear optical amplifiers.
- Includes theory and experimental results for optical tomography.
- Broad coverage of quantum information processing, ranging from noise reduction in optical amplifiers to quantum teleportation and an optical realization of quantum computing.
| 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. |
Readership: Graduate students in physics, electrical engineering, and chemistry.
| 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
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
John Garrison, Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley and
Raymond Chiao, Professor in the School of Natural Sciences and in the School of Engineering, University of California at Merced
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