Quantum States of Light

ISBN-13: 9784431559580 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 104 str.

Akira Furusawa

Opis

This book explains what quantum states of light look like. Moreover, squeezed states of light are explained as "longitudinal" waves of light and Schrodinger's cat states as macroscopic superposition states.

Spis treści

1. Quantum states of light.- 1-1 Quantum optics.- 1-2 Coherent states.- 1-3 Balanced homodyne measurements.- 1-4 Single-photon state.- 1-5 Fock states.- 1-6 Super position of a vacuum and a single photon.- 1-7 Coherent states and Schrodinger's cat states.- 1-8 Wigner function.- 1-9 Super position of a vacuum and a two-photon state.- 1-10 Squeezed states.- 1-11 Squeezing operation.- 1-12 Quantum entanglement.- 2. Generation of quantum states of light.- 2-1 Generation of coherent states.- 2-2 Generation of squeezed states.- 2-3 Generation of a single-photon state.- 2-4 Generation of Schrodinger's cat states.- 2-5 Generation of superposition of Fock states.- 2-6 Generation of quantum entanglement.- 3. Quantum operations for quantum states of light.- 3-1 Various quantum operations.- 3-2 Quantum teleportation.- 3-3 Quantum gate teleportation.