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Essential quantum optics : from quantum measurements to black holes /
"Covering some of the most exciting trends in quantum optics: quantum entanglement, teleportation, and levitation, this textbook is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. The book journeys through the vast field of quantum optics following a single theme: light in media. A wide...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: A note to the reader ; Quantum theory
- Quantum field theory of light: Light in media ; Light modes ; Zero-point energy and Casimir force
- Simple quantum states of light: The electromagnetic oscillator ; Single-mode states ; Uncertainty and squeezing
- Quasiprobability distributions: Wigner presentation ; Other quasiprobability distributions
- Simple optical instruments: Beam splitter ; Detection
- Irreversible processes: Lindbald's theorem ; Loss and again ; Continuous quantum measurements
- Entanglement: Parametric amplifier ; Polarization correlations
- Horizons: Minkowski space ; Accelerated observers ; Moving media
- Appendix A: Stress of the quantum vacuum
- Appendix B: State reconstruction in quantum mechanics.