Fundamentals of quantum optics and quantum information

By: Peter LambropoulosContributor(s): David PetrosyanMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York: Springer, [c2010]Description: 325 pISBN: 9783642070952Subject(s): Quantum OpticsLOC classification: QA446.2
Contents:
I. Quantum Optics 1. Quantum Mechanical Background 2. Quantum Theory of Radiation 3. Atom in an External Radiation Field 4. System-Reservoir Interaction 5. Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics 6. Field Propagation in Atomic Media II. Quantum Information 7. Elements of Classical Computation 8. Fundamentals of Quantum Information 9. Principles of Quantum Computation 10. Physical Implementations of Quantum Computation
Summary: 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. --- summary provided by publisher
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I. Quantum Optics
1. Quantum Mechanical Background
2. Quantum Theory of Radiation
3. Atom in an External Radiation Field
4. System-Reservoir Interaction
5. Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics
6. Field Propagation in Atomic Media

II. Quantum Information
7. Elements of Classical Computation
8. Fundamentals of Quantum Information
9. Principles of Quantum Computation
10. Physical Implementations of Quantum Computation

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. --- summary provided by publisher

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