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Getting Started in Quantum Optics

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Authors:
  1. Ray LaPierre

    1. Hamilton, Canada

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  • Introduces quantum optics at undergraduate level with only minimal prerequisites
  • Includes worked examples and exercises, with a solutions manual for instructors
  • Can be taught to undergraduates or beginning graduate students in a single semester
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Part of the book series: Undergraduate Texts in Physics (UNTEPH)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Canonical Quantization

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 1-6

  3. Quantum Harmonic Oscillator

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 7-25

  4. Canonical Quantization of Light

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 27-39

  5. Fock States and the Vacuum

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 41-48

  6. Single Photon State

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 49-55

  7. Single Photon on a Beam Splitter

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 57-70

  8. Single Photon in an Interferometer

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 71-76

  9. Entanglement

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 77-83

  10. Multimode Quantized Radiation

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 85-92

  11. Coherent State

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 93-109

  12. Coherent State on a Beam Splitter

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 111-114

  13. Incoherent State

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 115-123

  14. Homodyne and Heterodyne Detection

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 125-129

  15. Coherent State in an Interferometer

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 131-138

  16. Squeezed Light

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 139-155

  17. Squeezed Light in an Interferometer

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 157-163

  18. Heisenberg Limit

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 165-175

  19. Quantum Imaging

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 177-182

  20. Light–Matter Interaction

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 183-203
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About this book

This book, based on classroom-tested lecture notes, provides a self-contained one semester undergraduate course on quantum optics, accessible to students (and other readers) who have completed an introductory quantum mechanics course and are familiar with Dirac notation and the concept of entanglement. The book covers canonical quantization, the harmonic oscillator, vacuum fluctuations, Fock states, the single photon state, quantum optical treatment of the beam splitter and the interferometer, multimode quantized light, and coherent and incoherent states. Metrology is a particular area of emphasis, with the book culminating in a treatment of squeezed light and its use in the laser interferometer gravitational-wave observatory (LIGO). The Heisenberg limit is described, along with NOON states and their application in super-sensitivity, super-resolution and quantum lithography. Applications of entanglement and coincidence measurements are described including ghost imaging, quantum illumination, absolute photodetector calibration, and interaction-free measurement. With quantum optics playing a central role in the so-called “second quantum revolution,” this book, equipped with plenty of exercises and worked examples, will leave students well prepared to enter graduate study or industry.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Hamilton, Canada

    Ray LaPierre

About the author

Ray LaPierre attended Dalhousie University, Canada, where he obtained a B.Sc. degree in Physics in 1992. He then completed his M.Eng. degree in 1994 and Ph.D. degree in 1997 in the Engineering Physics Department at McMaster University, Canada. His graduate work involved development of molecular beam epitaxy of compound semiconductor alloys for laser diodes in telecom applications. Upon completion of his graduate work in 1997, he joined JDS Uniphase, Canada, where he developed dielectric coatings for wavelength division multiplexing devices. In 2004, he rejoined McMaster University as an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Physics Department. He is currently Professor in the Engineering Physics Department at McMaster with interests in III-V nanowires, molecular beam epitaxy, and applications in photovoltaics, photodetectors and quantum information processing.

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