Quantum optics : an introduction / Mark Fox.

Author/creator Fox, Mark
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Descriptionxvii, 378 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
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Subjects

SeriesOxford master series in physics ; 6
Oxford master series in physics ; 6. ^A593102
Contents I. Introduction and background. Classical optics ; Quantum mechanics ; Radiative transitions in atoms. -- II. Photons. Photon statistics ; Photon antibunching ; Coherent states and squeezed light ; Photon number states. -- III. Atom-photon interactions. Resonant light-atom interactions ; Atoms in cavities ; Cold atoms. -- IV. Quantum information processing. Quantum cryptography ; Quantum computing ; Entangled states and quantum teleportation. -- Appendices. Poisson statistics ; Parametric amplification ; The density of states ; Low-dimensional semiconductor structures ; Nuclear magnetic resonance ; Bose-Einstein condensation.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [360]-368) and index.
LCCN 2005025707
ISBN0198566727 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN0198566735 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN9780198566724
ISBN9780198566731

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Joyner General Stacks QC446.2 .F69 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold