An Introduction to Quantum Optics

This text offers a complete revision for its introduction to the quantum theory of light, including notable developments as well as improvements in presentation of basic theory and concepts, with continued emphasis on experimental aspects. The author provides a thorough overview on basic methods of classical and quantum mechanical measurements.

Autorentext

Yanhua Shih is professor of physics at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), where he started the Quantum Optics Laboratory of UMBC in the fall of 1989. He received his PhD in 1987 from the Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park. His group has been recognized as among the leaders in the field of quantum optics that attempts to probe the foundations of quantum theory. His pioneering research on multiphoton entanglement, multiphoton interferometry, and quantum imaging has been recognized by the physics and engineering communities. Yanhua Shih received the Willis Lamb Medal in 2002 for his pioneer contributions to quantum optics and especially the study of coherence effects of multi-photon entangled states.

Inhalt

1. Electromagnetic wave theory and measurement of light 2. Quantum theory of light: field quantization and photon 3. Quantum theory of light: the state of quantized field and photon 4. Measurement of quantized field and photon 5. Coherent and incoherent radiation 6. Diffraction and imaging 7. First-order coherence of light 8. Second-order coherence-correlation of light 9. Quantum Entanglement 10. Two-photon Interferometry I: Biphoton interference 11. Two-photon interferometry II: two-photon interference of thermal field 12. Quantum Imaging 13. Homodyne detection and heterodyne detection of light 14. Optical Tests of Foundations of Quantum Theory