
Introduction to Quantum Optics
From Light Quanta to Quantum Teleportation
Harry Paul(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 20. May 2004
Book
Hardback
254 pages
978-0-521-83563-3 (ISBN)
Description
This textbook provides a physical understanding of what photons are and of their properties and applications. Special emphasis is made in the text to entangled photon pairs which exhibit quantum mechanical correlations over manifestly macroscopic distances. Such photon pairs make possible such exciting techniques as teleportation and quantum cryptography, as well as the physical realisation of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen type experiments. In addition, nonclassical properties of light, such as photon antibunching and squeezing, as well as quantum phase measurement and optical tomography are discussed. The author describes relevant experiments and elucidates the physical ideas behind them. This book will be of interest to undergraduates and graduate students studying optics, and to any physicist with an interest in the mysteries of the photon and exciting modern work in quantum cryptography and teleportation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Illustrations
37 Line drawings, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
679 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-83563-3 (9780521835633)
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06/2006
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Author
Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin
Translation
FNSPE Czech Technical University of Prague
Content
1. Introduction; 2. Historical milestones; 3. Basics of the classical description of light; 4. Quantum mechanical understanding of light; 5. Light detectors; 6. Spontaneous emission; 7. Interference; 8. Photon statistics; 9. Squeezed light; 10. Measuring distribution functions; 11. Optical Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen experiments; 12. Quantum cryptography; 13. Quantum teleportation; 14. Summary: what do we know about the photon?; Appendix: mathematical description; References; Index.