| Fundamentals of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information 2007 Edition Contributor(s): Lambropoulos, Peter (Author), Petrosyan, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 354034571X ISBN-13: 9783540345718 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2006 Annotation: This book is an introduction to the two closely related subjects of quantum optics and quantum information. Essentially, the physical aspects of quantum information processing have now become an integral part of quantum optics. The book gives a simple, self-contained introduction to both subjects, while illustrating the physical principles of quantum information processing using quantum optical systems. It thus has an interdisciplinary character. For the benefit of a wider audience and to make the subject matter of the book accessible to those with backgrounds other than physics, the authors also include a brief review of quantum mechanics. Although much of the material used here can also be found in other books, discussed at various depths, the particular combination of the topics covered in this book is unique. Furthermore, some aspects of quantum information, for example those pertaining to recent experiments on cavity QED and quantum dots, are described here for the first time in book form. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Optics & Light - Mathematics | Applied - Science | Waves & Wave Mechanics |
| Dewey: 535.15 |
| LCCN: 2006932725 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.42" W x 9.34" (1.40 lbs) 325 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Another book on Quantum Optics? or Quantum Information? Well, not - actly. A more descriptive title might be: "A guided tour through basic qu- tum mechanics, quantum optics and quantum information". Even better, a few words on its origin and our motivation for undertaking the task might be useful to the potential reader in deciding whether to turn the pages beyond this preface. For more than ten years now, a graduate course on quantum optics has been taught in the physics department of the University of Crete. Spanning two semesters, it originally consisted of a collection of topics representative of what can be found in the numerous by now excellent books on quantum optics. Over the last four years or so, however, the course acquired a gradually increasing segment of what is broadly referred to as quantum information, whichatthispointisapproximatelyhalfofthematerial.Inevitably, thetopics on standard quantum optics had to be reduced or compressed accordingly. |
