Essential Quantum Optics: From Quantum Measurements to Black Holes
Cambridge University Press, 2/18/2010
EAN 9780521145053, ISBN10: 0521145058
Paperback, 290 pages, 24.7 x 17.4 x 1.7 cm
Language: English
Covering some of the most exciting trends in quantum optics - quantum entanglement, teleportation, and levitation - this textbook is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. The book journeys through the vast field of quantum optics following a single theme: light in media. A wide range of subjects are covered, from the force of the quantum vacuum to astrophysics, from quantum measurements to black holes. Ideas are explained in detail and formulated so that students with little prior knowledge of the subject can follow them. Each chapter ends with several short questions followed by a more detailed homework problem, designed to test the reader and show how the ideas discussed can be applied. Solutions to homework problems are available at www.cambridge.org/9780521869782.
1. Introduction
2. Quantum field theory of light
3. Simple quantum states of light
4. Quasiprobability distributions
5. Simple optical instruments
6. Irreversible processes
7. Entanglement
8. Horizons
Appendixes
References
Index.
'A masterful and beautifully written exposition of the theoretical ideas and tools of quantum optics that every serious student or researcher, theorist or experimentalist, should have under their belt. Leonhardt tells a connected story, while making each discussion as 'simple as possible, but not simpler'.' Michael G. Raymer, University of Oregon