Quantum Optics (Hardcover, New)

In the last decade many important advances have taken place in the field of quantum optics, with numerous potential applications. Ideal for graduate courses on quantum optics, this textbook provides an up-to-date account of the basic principles of the subject. Focusing on applications of quantum optics, the textbook covers recent developments such as engineering of quantum states, quantum optics on a chip, nano-mechanical mirrors, quantum entanglement, quantum metrology, spin squeezing, control of decoherence and many other key topics. Readers are guided through the principles of quantum optics and their uses in a wide variety of areas including quantum information science and quantum mechanics. The textbook features end-of-chapter exercises with solutions available for instructors at www.cambridge.org/9781107006409. It is invaluable to both graduate students and researchers in physics and photonics, quantum information science and quantum communications.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2012
First published:	November 2012
Authors:	Girish S. Agarwal
Dimensions:	252 x 193 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	504
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-00640-9
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Optics (light) Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Quantum physics (quantum mechanics) > General
LSN:	1-107-00640-6
Barcode:	9781107006409

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