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Introductory quantum optics [electronic resource] / Christopher Gerry, Peter Knight.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 317 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0511226950
  • 9780511226953
  • 0511228651
  • 9780511228650
  • 0511229496
  • 9780511229497
  • 9780511648373
  • 0511648375
  • 9780511791239
  • 0511791232
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Introductory quantum optics.DDC classification:
  • 535/.15 22
LOC classification:
  • QC446.2 .G47 2005eb
Other classification:
  • 33.38
  • PHY 370f
  • UH 5600
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Field quantization; Chapter 3 Coherent states; Chapter 4 Emission and absorption of radiation by atoms; Chapter 5 Quantum coherence functions; Chapter 6 Beam splitters and interferometers; Chapter 7 Nonclassical light; Chapter 8 Dissipative interactions and decoherence; Chapter 9 Optical test of quantum mechanics; Chapter 10 Experiments in cavity QED and with trapped ions; Chapter 11 Applications of entanglement: Heisenberg-limited interferometry and quantum information processing.
Summary: This book provides an elementary introduction to quantum optics, the study of the quantum mechanical nature of light and its interaction with matter. It is designed for upper-level undergraduates taking courses in quantum optics who have already taken courses in quantum mechanics, and for first and second year graduate students.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Field quantization; Chapter 3 Coherent states; Chapter 4 Emission and absorption of radiation by atoms; Chapter 5 Quantum coherence functions; Chapter 6 Beam splitters and interferometers; Chapter 7 Nonclassical light; Chapter 8 Dissipative interactions and decoherence; Chapter 9 Optical test of quantum mechanics; Chapter 10 Experiments in cavity QED and with trapped ions; Chapter 11 Applications of entanglement: Heisenberg-limited interferometry and quantum information processing.

This book provides an elementary introduction to quantum optics, the study of the quantum mechanical nature of light and its interaction with matter. It is designed for upper-level undergraduates taking courses in quantum optics who have already taken courses in quantum mechanics, and for first and second year graduate students.

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