Fundamentals of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information

Another book on Quantum Optics? or Quantum Information? Well, not - actly. A more descriptive title might be: "A guided tour through basic qu- tum mechanics, quantum optics and quantum information". Even better, a few words on its origin and our motivation for undertaking the task might be useful to the potential reader in deciding whether to turn the pages beyond this preface. For more than ten years now, a graduate course on quantum optics has been taught in the physics department of the University of Crete. Spanning two semesters, it originally consisted of a collection of topics representative of what can be found in the numerous by now excellent books on quantum optics. Over the last four years or so,however, the course acquired a gradually increasing segment of what is broadly referred to as quantum information, whichatthispointisapproximatelyhalfofthematerial.Inevitably,thetopics on standard quantum optics had to be reduced or compressed accordingly.

List of contents

Quantum Optics.- Quantum Mechanical Background.- Quantum Theory of Radiation.- Atom in an External Radiation Field.- System-Reservoir Interaction.- Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics.- Field Propagation in Atomic Media.- Quantum Information.- Elements of Classical Computation.- Fundamentals of Quantum Information.- Principles of Quantum Computation.- Physical Implementations of Quantum Computation.

Summary

This book is an introduction to the two closely related subjects of quantum optics and quantum information. It gives a simple, self-contained introduction to both subjects, while illustrating the physical principles of quantum information processing using quantum optical systems. Although much of the material used here can also be found in other books, discussed at various depths, the particular combination of the topics covered in this book is unique. Furthermore, some aspects of quantum information, for example those pertaining to recent experiments on cavity QED and quantum dots, are described here for the first time in book form. For the benefit of a wider audience and to make the subject matter of the book accessible to those with backgrounds other than physics, the authors also include a brief review of quantum mechanics.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Lambropoulos, David Petrosyan
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2010
• EAN: 9783642070952
• ISBN: 978-3-642-07095-2
• No. of pages: 325
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 20 mm x 234 mm
• Weight: 536 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 325 p. 95 illus.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Theoretical physics; C, Optics, Mathematics, computer science, Computer Science, general, Visualization, Quantum Optics, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory), Physics and Astronomy, Classical Electrodynamics, Optical physics, Electricity, electromagnetism & magnetism, Electrodynamics, Quantum field theory, Elementary particles (Physics), Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, Atomic & molecular physics, Combinatorics & graph theory, Data and Information Visualization, Condensed materials, Phase transformations (Statistical physics), Quantum Gases and Condensates