An Introduction to Quantum Optics
- An open systems approach
- Professor Dr Perry Rice
- September 2020
Description
This book provides a solid pedagogical background in the techniques used in quantum optics, with an emphasis on open quantum systems. Suitable for undergraduates as a second semester quantum mechanics course or first-year graduate students, this book begins with a short summary of quantum mechanics and contains physics of open systems and their application to light/matter interactions. Written in a simplified manner and classroom tested, this book provides the fundamentals of quantum optics and includes recent developments in the field.
Key Features- Solid introduction to the key features of the field
- Excellent first exposure to nonequilibrium quantum statistical mechanics
- Developed from 30 years of teaching
- Includes recent developments in the field
About Editors
Perry Rice earned a BS in physics at Wright State University in 1981. After two years in industry, he went to graduate school and earned a PhD in physics at the University of Arkansas in 1988. He went on to become a professor of physics at Miami University for 30 years, and most recently is a senior research scientist at Azimuth Corporation. His research has been primarily in quantum optics and physics pedagogy, with specialties in cavity/waveguide quantum electrodynamics, nonclassical light, strongly coupled atom-field systems, quantum statistical mechanics, and computational methods including quantum trajectory theory.
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Bibliographic
Hardback ISBN: 9780750317115
Ebook ISBN: 9780750317139
DOI: 10.1088/978-0-7503-1713-9
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
Series: IOP Series in Emerging Technologies in Optics and Photonics