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Modern Challenges in Quantum Optics

Selected Papers of the First International Meeting in Quantum Optics Held in Santiago, Chile, 13–16 August 2000

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  • © 2001

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Editors:
  1. Miguel Orszag

    1. Dept. de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 22, Chile

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  2. Juan Carlos Retamal

    1. Dept. de Física, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 575)

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Table of contents (27 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXIII
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  2. Trapped Ions and Cavity QED

    1. Generation of Fock States in the One-Atom Maser

      • H. Walther
      Pages 3-13

    2. Coherent Manipulation of Two Trapped Ions with Bichromatic Light

      • E. Solano, R. L. de Matos Filho, N. Zagury
      Pages 14-28

    3. Quantum Nondemolition Measurement and Quantum State Manipulation in Two Dimensional Trapped Ion

      • W. Kaige, S. Maniscalco, A. Napoli, A. Messina
      Pages 29-42

    4. Phonon-Photon Translation with a Trapped Ion in a Cavity

      • E. Massoni, M. Orszag
      Pages 43-62

  3. Quantum Interference, Entanglement, Decoherence and Quantum Computing

    1. Decoherence, Pointer Engineering and Quantum State Protection

      • A.R.R. Carvalho, P. Milman, R. L. de Matos Filho, L. Davidovich
      Pages 65-79

    2. High Efficiency in Detection of Photonic Qubits

      • K.M. Gheri, C. Saavedra
      Pages 80-94

    3. Macroscopic Entanglement and Relative Phase

      • G. Nienhuis
      Pages 95-109

    4. Decoherence Effects of Motion Induced Radiation

      • P. A. Maia Neto, D.A.R. Dalvit
      Pages 110-124

    5. Control of Cold Atomic Collisions by Multiparticle Entanglement and a Modified Vacuum in Cavity QED

      • J.I. Kim, R. B. B. Santos, P. Nussenzweig
      Pages 125-137

    6. Decoherence Evolution of a Harmonic Oscillator

      • J.C. Retamal
      Pages 138-157

  4. Non-linear Optics, Matter Waves

    1. Atomic Squeezing and Entanglement from Bose-Einstein Condensates

      • H. Pu, M.G. Moore, P. Meystre
      Pages 161-176

    2. Atomic Coherence Effects in Doppler-Broadened Three-Level Systems with Standing-Wave Drive

      • F. Silva, J. Mompart, V. Ahufinger, R. Corbalán
      Pages 177-194

    3. Frequency Up-Conversion to the Vacuum Ultra-Violet in Coherently Prepared Media

      • J.P. Marangos, I. Kuçukkara, M. Anscombe
      Pages 195-211

    4. Optical Lattice Dynamics and Scattering Processes Resulting from Dipole-Dipole Interaction

      • A. Guzmán, J. Zapata
      Pages 212-226

  5. Quantum Optics and Applications

    1. Time Delay and Tunneling

      • H.M. Nussenzweig
      Pages 229-243

    2. Giant Intensity-Intensity Correlations and Quantum Interference in a Driven Three-Level Atom

      • S. Swain, Z. Ficek
      Pages 244-261

    3. A Cavity QED Test of Quantum Mechanics

      • Z. Ficek, S. Swain
      Pages 262-278

    4. The Method of Quantum Jumps and Quantum White Noise

      • W. von Waldenfels
      Pages 279-293

    5. Quantum Orbits in Intense-Laser Atom Physics

      • R. Kopold, W. Becker
      Pages 294-309
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About this book

Quantum Optics is a rapidly progressing field well suited to probe the many fundamental issues raised by the subtleties of quantum physics. This book consists of a collection of reviews and papers that highlight the most important challenges faced in this area of research, including topics such as cavity QED, quantum entanglement, decoherence, matter waves and nonlinear optics. It will be a source of reference for all those who wish to familiarize themselves with the latest developments in the field.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 22, Chile

    Miguel Orszag

  • Dept. de Física, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile

    Juan Carlos Retamal

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Modern Challenges in Quantum Optics

  • Book Subtitle: Selected Papers of the First International Meeting in Quantum Optics Held in Santiago, Chile, 13–16 August 2000

  • Editors: Miguel Orszag, Juan Carlos Retamal

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Physics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45409-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-41957-0Published: 17 July 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-14333-9Published: 20 November 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-45409-0Published: 11 January 2008

  • Series ISSN: 0075-8450

  • Series E-ISSN: 1616-6361

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 408

  • Number of Illustrations: 92 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Classical Electrodynamics, Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, Quantum Optics

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