Quantum optics : an introduction
Mark Fox
- South Asia Edition
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- xvii, 378 pages : illustrations, 25 cm.
I. Introduction and background. Classical optics Quantum mechanics Radiative transitions in atoms. II. Photons. Photon statistics Photon antibunching Coherent states and squeezed light Photon number states III. Atom-photon interactions. Resonant light-atom interactions Atoms in cavities Cold atoms IV. Quantum information processing Quantum cryptography Quantum computing Entangled states and quantum teleportation
Quantum optics: an introduction is a modern textbook written primarily for advanced undergraduate and masters level students in physics. In addition to standard topics, the text includes a broad range of topics in applied quantum optics such as laser cooling, Bose-Einstein condensation and quantum information processing.