Exploring the quantum : atoms, cavities and photons
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Exploring the quantum : atoms, cavities and photons
（Oxford graduate texts）
Oxford University Press, 2013, c2006
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [587]-602) and index
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Description
The counter-intuitive aspects of quantum physics have been long illustrated by thought experiments, from Einstein's photon box to Schroedinger's cat. These experiments have now become real, with single particles - electrons, atoms, or photons - directly unveiling the strange features of the quantum. State superpositions, entanglement and complementarity define a novel quantum logic which can be harnessed for information processing, raising great hopes for
applications. This book describes a class of such thought experiments made real. Juggling with atoms and photons confined in cavities, ions or cold atoms in traps, is here an incentive to shed a new light on the basic concepts of quantum physics. Measurement processes and decoherence at the quantum-classical
boundary are highlighted. This volume, which combines theory and experiments, will be of interest to students in quantum physics, teachers seeking illustrations for their lectures and new problem sets, researchers in quantum optics and quantum information.
Table of Contents
- 1. Unveiling the quantum
- 2. Strangeness and power of the quantum
- 3. Of spins and springs
- 4. The environment is watching
- 5. Photons in a box
- 6. Seeing light in subtle ways
- 7. Taming Schrodinger's cats
- 8. Atoms in a box
- 9. Entangling matter waves
- 10. Conclusion
- Appendix: Quantum states in phase space
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