Quantum Optics: Taming the Quantum

This book provides a modern and pedagogical introduction to quantum optics, covering key topics such as quantum entanglement, measurement theory, and applications in gravitational wave detection, fundamental physics, dark matter searches, geophysical monitoring, and ultraprecise clocks. It is designed for graduate students and researchers in the field.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 393 pages
Publication date: 26 July 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This comprehensive and cutting-edge graduate-level textbook delves into the realm of quantum optics, a field that has experienced remarkable advancements in recent years and has emerged as a pivotal component of the second quantum revolution. The reader is warmly encouraged to embark on a journey exploring the fundamental significance of quantum optics in the control and manipulation of quantum systems, ultimately leading to the creation of ultracold atoms, circuit QED, quantum information science, quantum optomechanics, and quantum metrology. The subject is presented in a sequential and pedagogically engaging manner, beginning with the simplest physical scenarios and gradually progressing to more complex ones. This approach allows for the early introduction of quantum entanglement and measurement theory, preceding more specialized topics such as cavity QED or laser cooling. The concluding chapter showcases the remarkable power of scientific cross-fertilization by surveying cutting-edge applications of quantum optics and optomechanics in gravitational wave detection, tests of fundamental physics, searches for dark matter, geophysical monitoring, and ultraprecise clocks. Accompanied by detailed worked examples and exercises, this book equips the reader with the necessary background knowledge and understanding to delve into the current journal literature and embark on their own original research endeavors.

Weight: 629g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030761851
Edition number: 1st ed. 2021