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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 September 2012
      28 October 2004
      ISBN:
      9780511791239
      9780521527354
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511791239
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      Dimensions:
      (246 x 189 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.736kg, 332 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Optics, Optoelectronics and Photonics, Physics and Astronomy, Engineering, Electronic, Optoelectronic Devices, and Nanotechnology
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    This book provides an elementary introduction to the subject of quantum optics, the study of the quantum mechanical nature of light and its interaction with matter. The presentation is almost entirely concerned with the quantized electromagnetic field. Topics covered include single-mode field quantization in a cavity, quantization of multimode fields, quantum phase, coherent states, quasi-probability distribution in phase space, atom-field interactions, the Jaynes-Cummings model, quantum coherence theory, beam splitters and interferometers, dissipative interactions, nonclassical field states with squeezing etc., 'Schrödinger cat' states, tests of local realism with entangled photons from down-conversion, experimental realizations of cavity quantum electrodynamics, trapped ions, decoherence, and some applications to quantum information processing, particularly quantum cryptography. The book contains many homework problems and an extensive bibliography. This text is designed for upper-level undergraduates taking courses in quantum optics who have already taken a course in quantum mechanics, and for first and second year graduate students.

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    '… the book is well argued throughout and subject applications are explained beautifully.'

    Source: The Times Higher Education Supplement

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