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Introduction to quantum optics : from light quanta to quantum teleportation / Harry Paul ; translated from German by Igor Jex.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 241 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0521835631
  • 9780521835633
  • 9780511648212
  • 0511648219
  • 0511194757
  • 9780511194757
  • 9780511193316
  • 0511193319
  • 9780511616754
  • 0511616759
  • 0511194013
  • 9780511194016
Uniform titles:
  • Photonen. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Introduction to quantum optics.DDC classification:
  • 539.7/217 22
LOC classification:
  • QC793.5.P42 P3813 2004
Other classification:
  • 33.38
  • UH 5600
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 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 Summarizing what we know about the photon; 15 Appendix. Mathematical description; References; Index.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-239) and index.

Translated from the German.

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 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 Summarizing what we know about the photon; 15 Appendix. Mathematical description; References; Index.

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.

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