Quantum Optics
About this book
In the last decade many important advances have taken place in the field of quantum optics, with numerous potential applications. Ideal for graduate courses on quantum optics, this textbook provides an up-to-date account of the basic principles of the subject. Focusing on applications of quantum optics, the textbook covers recent developments such as engineering of quantum states, quantum optics on a chip, nano-mechanical mirrors, quantum entanglement, quantum metrology, spin squeezing, control of decoherence and many other key topics. Readers are guided through the principles of quantum optics and their uses in a wide variety of areas including quantum information science and quantum mechanics. The textbook features end-of-chapter exercises with solutions available for instructors at www.cambridge.org/9781107006409. It is invaluable to both graduate students and researchers in physics and photonics, quantum information science and quantum communications.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 EM field and coherent state representations
- 2 Nonclassicality of radiation fields
- 3 Two-mode squeezed states and quantum entanglement
- 4 Non-Gaussian nonclassical states
- 5 Optical interferometry with single photons
- 6 Polarization and orbital angular momentum
- 7 Absorption, emission, and scattering of radiation
- 8 Partial coherence in multimode quantum fields
- 9 Open quantum systems
- 10 Amplification and attenuation of quantum fields
- 11 Quantum coherence, interference, and squeezing
- 12 Cavity quantum electrodynamics
- 13 Absorption, emission, and scattering
- 14 Quantum interference and entanglement
- 15 Near field radiative effects
- 16 Decoherence and disentanglement in two-level systems
- 17 Coherent control of the optical properties
- 18 Dispersion management and ultraslow light
- 19 Single photons and nonclassical light
- 20 Quantum optical effects in nano-mechanical systems
- Index