Christopher C. Gerry (City University of New York Lehman College), Peter L. Knight (Imperial College London and the UK National Physic

Introductory Quantum Optics

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Produktbeschreibung

This established textbook provides an accessible but comprehensive introduction to the important topic of quantum optics. This long-awaited second edition includes many new developments in the field, and content from the first edition has been updated and clarified throughout.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 1076g
• ISBN-13: 9781009415293
• ISBN-10: 1009415298
• Artikelnr.: 68464166

Autorenporträt

Christopher C. Gerry is Professor of Physics at Lehman College, City University of New York. He was one of the first to exploit the use of group theoretical methods in quantum optics, and is a highly respected researcher and lecturer in the field. He has written well-regarded books, both for advanced students and researchers, and for a more general audience.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
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
Index.