Classical and Quantum Optics / Partha Pratim Mondal

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mondal, Partha Pratim

Language:

English

Physical Description:

online resource (256 pages)

Place of Publication:

Melville, New York : AIP Publishing, 2022

Summary:

Classical and Quantum Optics is the first text to cover classical and quantum optics as a single subject with the premise that genuine understanding of light requires mastery of both fields. It addresses all aspects of light equally, including geometric optics, wave optics, electromagnetic optics, and quantum optics. This timely book supplies the tools needed to fully explore the behavior of light. Classical and Quantum Optics: -- Approaches the topic from a conceptual perspective without assuming the reader's knowledge -- Includes relatively little math, making it ideal for students in applied sciences and engineering -- Starts with well-established hypotheses and builds on them to explain physical effects and experimental observations Classical and Quantum Optics is suitable for emerging researchers and professionals in optics, natural sciences, engineering, and interdisciplinary fields, as well as students in physics, applied sciences, and engineering.

Contents:

Introduction - Wave and Fourier Optics - Wave Aspects of Light: Diffraction and Interference - Electromagnetic Optics and Polarization of Light - Introduction to Quantum Optics - Field Quantization and Hamiltonians - Quantum States of Light - Squeezed States of Light - Bunching, Unbunching, and Antibunching of Light - The Representation Theory of Light - Atom-Field Interaction - Selected Effects in Quantum Optics.

Other Format:

Printed edition

ISBN:

9780735424487

9780735424500

9780735424494

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.