Overview
- Explains the quantum nature of phonons as classical vibrations
- Addresses applications to quantum technologies
- Presents both the theory of and recent experiments involving phonons, e.g. coherent phonons, coherent control, and phonon quantum technologies
Part of the book series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics (STMP, volume 282)
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This book presents quantum phononics as an exciting new field of research, and introduces readers to the quantum nature of phonons and their application to quantum technologies. Both the theory of and recent experiments in “quantum phononics,” involving e.g. coherent phonons, phonon squeezing, coherent control, and phonon quantum technologies, are presented. The theoretical background of the generation and detection of phonons is described in a way that will be easy to understand for graduate students and experimental scientists who are newcomers to the field.
Moreover, the book focuses on coherent phonons produced by ultrafast laser pulses, which can be used for the coherent control of atomic motions in solids and phase transformation. The laser-matter interaction is treated using a density matrix formalism of the time-dependent Schröedinger equation. In addition, the third-order nonlinear optical response of condensed matter is also described.
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Book Title: Quantum Phononics
Book Subtitle: Introduction to Ultrafast Dynamics of Optical Phonons
Authors: Kazutaka Nakamura
Series Title: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11924-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-11923-2Published: 04 March 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-11926-3Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-11924-9Published: 20 February 2019
Series ISSN: 0081-3869
Series E-ISSN: 1615-0430
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 142
Number of Illustrations: 42 b/w illustrations
Topics: Quantum Optics, Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering, Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics, Nanotechnology and Microengineering