Introductory Quantum Optics

Language: English

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2006

052152735X / 9780521527354

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Oversized paperback, reprint with corrections, xiii + 317 pages, NOT ex-library. Traces of erased pencil notations, some grubby marks from reading. Faint grubby marks on the lower outer page edges externally. Straight uncreased spine. -- A university textbook designed to bridge the gap between undergraduate quantum mechanics and modern research. The book is structured into 11 chapters plus four technical appendices, covering: Field Quantization, Coherent States, Emission and Absorption of Radiation by Atoms, Quantum Coherence Functions, Beam Splitters and Interferometers, Nonclassical Light, Dissipative Interactions and Decoherence, Optical Tests of Quantum Mechanics, Experiments in Cavity QED and with Trapped Ions, Applications of Entanglement (Heisenberg-Limited Interferometry and Quantum Information Processing). Appendices: 1. The Density Operator, Entangled States, the Schmidt Decomposition, and the von Neumann Entropy; 2. Quantum Measurement Theory; 3. Derivation of the Effective Hamiltonian for Dispersive (Far off-Resonant) Interactions; 4. Nonlinear Optics and Spontaneous Parametric Down-Conversion. --Often recommended as a less comprehensive but highly derivations-focused alternative to texts like Grynberg or Mandel and Wolf. Primarily used for senior undergraduate and postgraduate modules in Quantum Optics. The text emphasises clear, step-by-step derivations balanced with physical insight and includes problem sets for self-study. It avoids overly dense mathematical formalism in favour of clear physical intuition, tying theoretical quantum mechanics to real-world laboratory experiments.…

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Title
Introductory Quantum Optics
Author
Christopher C. Gerry; Peter Knight
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication year
2006
Condition
Good
Binding
Soft cover
Language
English
ISBN 10
052152735X
ISBN 13
9780521527354
Edition
1st Edition

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