| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 317 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Field quantization; Chapter 3 Coherent states; Chapter 4 Emission and absorption of radiation by atoms; Chapter 5 Quantum coherence functions; Chapter 6 Beam splitters and interferometers; Chapter 7 Nonclassical light; Chapter 8 Dissipative interactions and decoherence; Chapter 9 Optical test of quantum mechanics; Chapter 10 Experiments in cavity QED and with trapped ions; Chapter 11 Applications of entanglement: Heisenberg-limited interferometry and quantum information processing. |
| Summary |
This book provides an elementary introduction to quantum optics, the study of the quantum mechanical nature of light and its interaction with matter. It is designed for upper-level undergraduates taking courses in quantum optics who have already taken courses in quantum mechanics, and for first and second year graduate students. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Quantum optics.
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Quantum optics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Knight, Peter L., 1947-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gerry, C.C. (Christopher C.). Introductory quantum optics. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 9780521527354 (DLC) 2004051847 (OCoLC)55229128 |
| ISBN |
0511226950 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511226953 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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0511228651 |
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9780511228650 |
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0511229496 |
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9780511229497 |
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9780511648373 (electronic book) |
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0511648375 (electronic book) |
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9780511791239 (electronic book) |
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0511791232 (electronic book) |
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0521820359 |
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052152735X (paperback) |
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9780521820356 |
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9780521527354 |
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