Getting started in quantum optics / Ray LaPierre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

LaPierre, Ray

Series:

Undergraduate texts in physics

Undergraduate Texts in Physics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quantum optics.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.).

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, 2022.

Summary:

This book, based on classroom-tested lecture notes, provides a self-contained one semester undergraduate course on quantum optics, accessible to students (and other readers) who have completed an introductory quantum mechanics course and are familiar with Dirac notation and the concept of entanglement. The book covers canonical quantization, the harmonic oscillator, vacuum fluctuations, Fock states, the single photon state, quantum optical treatment of the beam splitter and the interferometer, multimode quantized light, and coherent and incoherent states. Metrology is a particular area of emphasis, with the book culminating in a treatment of squeezed light and its use in the laser interferometer gravitational-wave observatory (LIGO). The Heisenberg limit is described, along with NOON states and their application in super-sensitivity, super-resolution and quantum lithography. Applications of entanglement and coincidence measurements are described including ghost imaging, quantum illumination, absolute photodetector calibration, and interaction-free measurement. With quantum optics playing a central role in the so-called "second quantum revolution," this book, equipped with plenty of exercises and worked examples, will leave students well prepared to enter graduate study or industry.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Canonical Quantization

Chapter 2. Quantum Harmonic Oscillator

Chapter 3. Canonical Quantization of Light

Chapter 4. Fock States and the Vacuum

Chapter 5. Single Photon State

Chapter 6. Single Photon on a Beam Splitter

Chapter 7. Single Photon in an Interferometer

Chapter 8. Entanglement

Chapter 9. Multimode Quantized Radiation

Chapter 10. Coherent State

Chapter 11. Coherent State on a Beam Splitter

Chapter 12. Incoherent State

Chapter 13. Homodyne and Heterodyne Detection

Chapter 14. Coherent State in an Interferometer

Chapter 15. Squeezed Light

Chapter 16. Squeezed Light in an Interferometer

Chapter 17. Heisenberg Limit

Chapter 18. Quantum Imaging

Chapter 19. Light-matter Interaction

Chapter 20. Atomic Clock

Chapter 21. Atom Cooling and Trapping.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 30, 2022).

Other Format:

Print version: LaPierre, Ray Getting Started in Quantum Optics

ISBN:

9783031124327

3031124324

OCLC:

1351195695

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.