Quantum Atom Optics - Theory and Applications to Quantum Technology

List of contents

Preface. Foreword. 1. Quantum many-body systems; 2. Bose-Einstein condensation; 3. The Order Parameter and Gross-Pitaevskii equation; 4. Spin dynamics of atoms; 5. Spinor Bose-Einstein condensates; 6. Diffraction of atoms using standing wave light; 7. Atom interferometry; 8. Atom interferometry beyond the standard quantum limit; 9. Quantum simulation; 10. Entanglement between atom ensembles; 11. Quantum information processing with atomic ensembles. Notes. References. Index.

About the author

Tim Byrnes is Assistant Professor in physics at New York University Shanghai. He has previously held research positions at the National Institute of Informatics and the University of Tokyo in Japan, where his research has been focused on quantum information, particularly quantum simulation, exciton-polariton physics, and alternative models of quantum computation.Ebubechukwu O. Ilo-Okeke obtained his PhD from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA. In 2017, he was appointed Research Fellow at New York University Shanghai, where his research is focused on ultra-cold atomic gases, quantum atom optics, and quantum information.

Product details

• Authors: Tim Byrnes, Tim Ilo-Okeke Byrnes, Ebubechukwu O. Ilo-Okeke
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781108838597
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83859-7
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Theoretical physics; SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory, SCIENCE / Physics / Condensed Matter, SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory), Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory), Optical physics