Quantum mechanics in the single photon laboratory /

Arising from a series of laboratory class experiments developed by the authors this book provides an overview of fundamental experiments that can be used to practically demonstrate the underlying principles of quantum physics and quantum information science. Designed with multiple readerships in min...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Waseem, Muhammad Hamza (Autor), Faizan-e-Ilahi (Autor), Anwar, Muhammad Sabieh (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2020]
Colección:IOP ebooks. 2020 collection.
Temas:
Quantum theory > Experiments.
Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory)
SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Classical nature of light
  • 2.1. Electromagnetic waves
  • 2.2. Polarization
  • 2.3. Experimental explorations
  • 3. Quantum nature of light
  • 3.1. Quantum mechanical states
  • 3.2. Qubits
  • 3.3. Transforming quantum states
  • 3.4. Measuring quantum states
  • 3.5. Composite systems and entangled states
  • 3.6. Mixed states and the density matrix
  • 3.7. Photon statistics
  • 4. Experiments related to the quantum nature of light
  • 4.1. General components of the lab
  • 4.2. Q1 : Spontaneous parametric downconversion
  • 4.3. Q2 : proof of existence of photons
  • 4.4. Q3 : Estimating the polarization state of single photons
  • 4.5. Q4 : Visualizing the polarization state of single photons
  • 4.6. Q5 : Single-photon interference and quantum eraser
  • 5. Experiments related to entanglement and nonlocality
  • 5.1. Entanglement and local realism
  • 5.2. The proverbial Alice and Bob experiment
  • 5.3. Generating polarization-entangled photons
  • 5.4. NL1 : Freedman's test of local realism
  • 5.5. NL2 : Hardy's test of local realism
  • 5.6. NL3 : CHSH test of local realism
  • 6. Quantum state tomography
  • 6.1. Qubits, Stokes parameters and tomography
  • 6.2. Single-qubit tomography
  • 6.3. Two-qubit tomography
  • 6.4. Nonideal measurements and compensation of errors
  • 6.5. Maximum likelihood estimation
  • 6.6. The experiment
  • 7. Conclusion.

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