Essential Quantum Optics: From Quantum Measurements to Black Holes (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521145053)

Covering some of the most exciting trends in quantum optics - quantum entanglement, teleportation, and levitation - this textbook is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. The book journeys through the vast field of quantum optics following a single theme: light in media. A wide range of subjects are covered, from the force of the quantum vacuum to astrophysics, from quantum measurements to black holes. Ideas are explained in detail and formulated so that students with little prior knowledge of the subject can follow them. Each chapter ends with several short questions followed by a more detailed homework problem, designed to test the reader and show how the ideas discussed can be applied. Solutions to homework problems are available at www.cambridge.org/9780521869782.

Author: Ulf Leonhardt
ISBN-10: 0521145058
ISBN-13: 9780521145053
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/18/2010
Pages: 290
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.90w x 0.60d