Fundamentals of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information

Peter Lambropoulos, David Petrosyan3-540-34571-X, 978-3-540-34571-8

This book is an introduction to the two closely related subjects of quantum optics and quantum information. Essentially, the physical aspects of quantum information processing have now become an integral part of quantum optics. The book gives a simple, self-contained introduction to both subjects, while illustrating the physical principles of quantum information processing using quantum optical systems. It thus has an interdisciplinary character. For the benefit of a wider audience and to make the subject matter of the book accessible to those with backgrounds other than physics, the authors also include a brief review of quantum mechanics. Although much of the material used here can also be found in other books, discussed at various depths, the particular combination of the topics covered in this book is unique. Furthermore, some aspects of quantum information, for example those pertaining to recent experiments on cavity QED and quantum dots, are described here for the first time in book form.

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Table of contents :
cover……Page 1
front-matter……Page 2
Quantum Optics_front-matter……Page 13
01 Quantum Mechanical Background……Page 15
02 Quantum Theory of Radiation……Page 54
03 Atom in an External Radiation Field……Page 82
04 System-Reservoir Interaction……Page 127
05 Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics……Page 158
06 Field Propagation in Atomic Media……Page 185
Quantum Information……Page 204
07 Elements of Classical Computation……Page 206
08 Fundamentals of Quantum Information……Page 214
09 Principles of Quantum Computation……Page 253
10 Physical Implementations of Quantum Computation……Page 282
back-matter……Page 312