Essential Quantum Optics - From Quantum Measurements to Black Holes

Informationen zum Autor Ulf Leonhardt is Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of St. Andrews. His research interests include quantum electrodynamics in media and state reconstruction in quantum mechanics. He is one of the inventors of invisibility devices and artificial black holes. Klappentext Covering some of the most exciting trends in quantum optics, this textbook is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Zusammenfassung Covering some of the most exciting trends in quantum optics! this textbook is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Each chapter ends with short questions and a more detailed homework problem to show how the ideas discussed can be applied. Solutions to homework problems are available at www.cambridge.org/9780521869782. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Ulf Leonhardt, Ulf (University of St Andrews Leonhardt, Leonhardt Ulf
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.02.2010
• EAN: 9780521145053
• ISBN: 978-0-521-14505-3
• No. of pages: 290
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory, SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory), Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory), Optical physics