Exploring the Quantum
Atoms, Cavities, and Photons
Published on 10. August 2006
Book
Hardback
616 pages
978-0-19-850914-1 (ISBN)
Description
The counter-intuitive aspects of quantum physics have been for long illustrated by thought experiments, from Einstein's photon box to Schroedinger's cat. These experiments have now become real, with single particles - electrons, atoms or photons - directly unveiling the weird features of the quantum. State superpositions, entanglement and complementarity define a novel quantum logic which can be harnessed for information processing, raising great hopes for applications. This book describes a class of such thought experiments made real. Juggling with atoms and photons confined in cavities, ions or cold atoms in traps, is here an incentive to shed a new light on the basic concepts of quantum physics. Measurement processes and decoherence at the quantum-classical boundary are highlighted. This volume, which combines theory and experiments, will be of interest to students in quantum physics, teachers seeking illustrations for their lectures and new problem sets, researchers in quantum optics and quantum information.
Reviews / Votes
'A gem and a must-read for any student of quantum physics, from advanced undergraduate to expert.' Physics Today, August 2007 `This is a wonderfully well-informed book. The authors tackle a difficult subject with beautiful clarity, and elegance. It should be required reading for anyone who wishes to explore the quantum wonders of Nature.'A. Ekert, University of Cambridge
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Students and professionals in physics, quantum information physics and quantum mechanics
Illustrations
228 figures - 156 b+w line drawings and 72 b+w halftones
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight
1227 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-850914-1 (9780198509141)
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Persons
Serge Haroche
Professor, College de France
Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel,
department de physique de l'Ecole normale superieure,
24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris
Professor at College de France (Chaire de Physique Quantique) since 2001
Member of the French Academy of Sciences since 1993
Professor at Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (1975-2000) and at Ecole Normale Superieure (1984-2000).
Maitre de Conference at Ecole Polytechnique (1975-1984)
Professor (part time) at Yale University (1984-1993)
Senior Member of Institut Universitaire de France (1991-2000)
Fellow of the Americal Physical Society (1990)
Prix Ricard of French Physical Society (1983)
Michelson Medal of Franklin Insitute (1993)
Quantum Electronics Prize of the European Physical Society (2002)
Jean-Michel Raimond
Professor, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie et Institut Universitaire de France
Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel,
department de physique de l'Ecole normale superieure,
24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris
Professor at Universite Pierre et Marie Curie since 1988
Junior member of Institut Universitaire de France, 1994-1999
Senior member of Institut Universitaire de France, Quantum Optics chair, 2001-
Ampere Prize of the French Academy of Sciences with M. Brune, 1998
Charge de recherches CNRS 1983-1988
Attache de recherches CNRS 1979-1983
Professor, College de France
Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel,
department de physique de l'Ecole normale superieure,
24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris
Professor at College de France (Chaire de Physique Quantique) since 2001
Member of the French Academy of Sciences since 1993
Professor at Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (1975-2000) and at Ecole Normale Superieure (1984-2000).
Maitre de Conference at Ecole Polytechnique (1975-1984)
Professor (part time) at Yale University (1984-1993)
Senior Member of Institut Universitaire de France (1991-2000)
Fellow of the Americal Physical Society (1990)
Prix Ricard of French Physical Society (1983)
Michelson Medal of Franklin Insitute (1993)
Quantum Electronics Prize of the European Physical Society (2002)
Jean-Michel Raimond
Professor, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie et Institut Universitaire de France
Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel,
department de physique de l'Ecole normale superieure,
24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris
Professor at Universite Pierre et Marie Curie since 1988
Junior member of Institut Universitaire de France, 1994-1999
Senior member of Institut Universitaire de France, Quantum Optics chair, 2001-
Ampere Prize of the French Academy of Sciences with M. Brune, 1998
Charge de recherches CNRS 1983-1988
Attache de recherches CNRS 1979-1983
Content
1. Unveiling the quantum ; 2. Strangeness and power of the quantum ; 3. Of spins and springs ; 4. The environment is watching ; 5. Photons in a box ; 6. Seeing light in subtle ways ; 7. Taming Schrodinger's cats ; 8. Atoms in a box ; 9. Entangling matter waves ; Appendix: Representation of quantum states in phase space