| Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Contributor(s): Garraway, Barry M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 3527411720 ISBN-13: 9783527411726 Publisher: Wiley-Vch OUR PRICE: $80.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2025 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Optics & Light |
| Physical Information: 6.69" H x 6.69" W x 9.45" 450 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Unique in its rigorously combined treatment of quantum optics and quantum information, this textbook teaches the basic principles of light-matter interaction, the theoretical tools of quantum information, and how and which systems can be used for quantum information processing. Adopting a didactical approach field-tested by the author in numerous lectures, the book introduces basic principles of quantum optics, ranging from cavity QED and the Jaynes-Cummings model to phase space functions, the detector theory and open quantum systems. While quantum information tools and formalisms are used to develop this theory, the quantum optics aspects serve as the foundation for a further discussion of physical implementations of quantum information processing devices. The foundations of quantum mechanics are discussed, such as decoherence, quasi-probability distributions, and entanglement, and the author additionally provides an introduction to the standard quantum information applications, such as quantum computation and quantum cryptography. Problem sections at the end of each chapter help students to gain a deeper understanding of the subject matter, and a wide-ranging reference section covers quantum states often encountered in the literature. The overall result is an integrated course on these two modern disciplines. |