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Quantum Interference and Coherence

Theory and Experiments

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  1. Zbigniew Ficek

    1. Department of Physics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

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  2. Stuart Swain

    1. School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK

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  1. William T. Rhodes

    1. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA

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  2. Toshimitsu Asakura

    1. Faculty of Engineering, Hokkai-Gakuen University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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  3. Karl-Heinz Brenner

    1. Institute of Computer Engineering, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

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  4. Theodor W. Hänsch

    1. Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany

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  5. Takeshi Kamiya

    1. Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology National Institution for Academic Degrees, Tokyo, Japan

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  6. Ferenc Krausz

    1. Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany
      Photonics Institute Gusshausstrasse, Vienna University of Technology, Wien, Austria

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  7. Bo Monemar

    1. Department of Physics and Measurement Technology, Materials Science Division Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

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  8. Herbert Venghaus

    1. Heinrich-Hertz-Institut für Nachrichtentechnik Berlin GmbH, Berlin, Germany

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  9. Horst Weber

    1. Optisches Institut, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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  10. Harald Weinfurter

    1. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Sektion Physik, München, Germany

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  • Assembles for the first time in a single volume accounts of many phenomena involving quantum interference in optical fields and atomic systems
  • Provides detailed theoretical treatments and experimental analyses of such phenomena as quantum erasure, quantum lithography, multi-atom entanglement, quantum beats, control of decoherence, phase control of quantum interference, coherent population trapping, electromagnetically induced transparency and absorption, lasing without inversion, subluminal and superluminal light propagation, storage of photons, quantum interference in phase space, interference and diffraction of cold atoms, and interference between Bose-Einstein condensates
  • Fills a gap in the literature and will be useful to both experimentalists and theoreticians

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences (SSOS, volume 100)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  11. Back Matter

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About this book

The ?eld that encompasses the term “quantum interference” combines a number of separate concepts, and has a variety of manifestations in d- ferent areas of physics. In the sense considered here, quantum interference is concerned with coherence and correlation phenomena in radiation ?elds and between their sources. It is intimately connected with the phenomenon of non-separability (or entanglement) in quantum mechanics. On account of this, it is obvious that quantum interference may be regarded as a com- nent of quantum information theory, which investigates the ability of the electromagnetic ?eld to transfer information between correlated (entangled) systems. Since it is important to transfer information with the minimum of corruption, the theory of quantum interference is naturally related to the theory of quantum ?uctuations and decoherence. Since the early days of quantum mechanics, interference has been - scribed as the real quantum mystery. Feynman, in his famous introduction to the lectures on the single particle superposition principle, referred in the following way to the phenomenon of interference: “it has in it the heart of quantum mechanics”, and it is really ‘the only mystery’ of quantum mech- ics. With the development of experimental techniques, it has been possible to carry out many of the early Gedanken experiments that played an important role in developing our understanding of the fundamentals of quantum int- ference and entanglement. Despite its long history, quantum interference still challenges our understanding, and continues to excite our imagination.
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Authors, Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA

    William T. Rhodes

  • Faculty of Engineering, Hokkai-Gakuen University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

    Toshimitsu Asakura

  • Institute of Computer Engineering, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

    Karl-Heinz Brenner

  • Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany

    Theodor W. Hänsch, Ferenc Krausz

  • Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology National Institution for Academic Degrees, Tokyo, Japan

    Takeshi Kamiya

  • Photonics Institute Gusshausstrasse, Vienna University of Technology, Wien, Austria

    Ferenc Krausz

  • Department of Physics and Measurement Technology, Materials Science Division Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

    Bo Monemar

  • Heinrich-Hertz-Institut für Nachrichtentechnik Berlin GmbH, Berlin, Germany

    Herbert Venghaus

  • Optisches Institut, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Horst Weber

  • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Sektion Physik, München, Germany

    Harald Weinfurter

  • Department of Physics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

    Zbigniew Ficek

  • School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK

    Stuart Swain

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Quantum Interference and Coherence

  • Book Subtitle: Theory and Experiments

  • Authors: Zbigniew Ficek, Stuart Swain

  • Editors: William T. Rhodes, Toshimitsu Asakura, Karl-Heinz Brenner, Theodor W. Hänsch, Takeshi Kamiya, Ferenc Krausz, Bo Monemar, Herbert Venghaus, Horst Weber, … Harald Weinfurter

  • Series Title: Springer Series in Optical Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b100106

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2005

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-22965-2Published: 30 November 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-1991-5Published: 23 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-25835-5Published: 12 September 2005

  • Series ISSN: 0342-4111

  • Series E-ISSN: 1556-1534

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 420

  • Topics: Quantum Optics, Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics

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