Quantum Optics - physics631
| Course | Quantum Optics |
|---|---|
| Course No. | physics631 |
| Category | Type | Language | Teaching hours | CP | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elective | Lecture with exercises | English | 3+1 | 6 | WT |
Preparation:
Form of Testing and Examination:
Examination written or oral (announced at the beginning of the module).
Prerequisite for participation in the exam: successful work within the exercises.
Length of Course: 1 semester
Aims of the Course: Make the students understand quantum optics and enable them to practically apply their knowledge in research and development.
Contents of the Course:
Quantization of the electromagnetic field, single-mode quantum optics
Representations of the light field; Quasi-probabilities
Coherence, correlation functions;
Nonclassical light
Interaction of quantized radiation and atoms;
Introduction to quantum information
Recommended Literature:
R. Loudon; The quantum theory of light (Oxford University Press 2000)
G. J. Milburn, D. F. Walls; Quantum Optics (Springer 1994)
C. Gerry, P. Knight; Introductory quantum optics (Cambridge University Press 2004)
D. Meschede; Optics, Light and Lasers (Wiley-VCH, 3rd ed. 2017)
M. O. Scully, M. S. Zubairy; Quantum Optics (Cambridge 1997)
P. Meystre, M. Sargent; Elements of Quantum Optics (Springer 1999)