Introduction to Quantum Optics: From Light Quanta to Quantum Teleportation - Rilegato

Paul, Harry

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ISBN 10: 0521835631 ISBN 13: 9780521835633

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2004

Riassunto

This textbook provides a physical understanding of what photons are and of their properties and applications.

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Descrizione del libro

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.

Contenuti

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.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521835631
• ISBN 13: 9780521835633
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 254
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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