Quantum optics : an introduction / Mark Fox
- Author
- Fox, Mark (Anthony Mark)
- Published
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvii, 378 pages) : illustrations
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- Series
- Contents
- I. Introduction and background. Classical optics ; Quantum mechanics ; Radiative transitions in atoms. -- II. Photons. Photon statistics ; Photon antibunching ; Coherent states and squeezed light ; Photon number states. -- III. Atom-photon interactions. Resonant light-atom interactions ; Atoms in cavities ; Cold atoms. -- IV. Quantum information processing. Quantum cryptography ; Quantum computing ; Entangled states and quantum teleportation. -- Appendices. Poisson statistics ; Parametric amplification ; The density of states ; Low-dimensional semiconductor structures ; Nuclear magnetic resonance ; Bose-Einstein condensation.
- Summary
- Quantum optics: an introduction is a modern textbook written primarily for advanced undergraduate and masters level students in physics. In addition to standard topics, the text includes a broad range of topics in applied quantum optics such as laser cooling, Bose-Einstein condensation and quantum information processing.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780191524257 (electronic bk.)
0191524255 (electronic bk.)
9786610965052
6610965056
0198566727
0198566735
9780198566724
9780198566731 - Digital File Characteristics
- data file
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 360-368) and index.
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