Exploring the Quantum: Atoms, Cavities, and Photons

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-19-968031-3
Verlag: Sydney University Press

Buch, Englisch, 616 Seiten, Format (B × H): 172 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 1203 g

Reihe: Oxford Graduate Texts

The counter-intuitive aspects of quantum physics have been long illustrated by thought experiments, from Einstein's photon box to Schrödinger's cat. These experiments have now become real, with single particles - electrons, atoms, or photons - directly unveiling the strange features of the quantum. State superpositions, entanglement and complementarity define a novel quantum logic which can be harnessed for information processing, raising great hopes for applications. This book describes a class of such thought experiments made real. Juggling with atoms and photons confined in cavities, ions or cold atoms in traps, is here an incentive to shed a new light on the basic concepts of quantum physics. Measurement processes and decoherence at the quantum-classical boundary are highlighted. This volume, which combines theory and experiments, will be of interest to students in quantum physics, teachers seeking illustrations for their lectures and new problem sets, researchers in quantum optics and quantum information.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Haroche, Serge

Raimond, Jean-Michel

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Theoretische Physik, Mathematische Physik, Computerphysik
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Quantenoptik, Nichtlineare Optik, Laserphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Atom- und Molekülphysik

Über Autor(innen)

Serge Haroche
Professor at Collège de France (Chaire de Physique Quantique) since 2001
Member of the French Academy of Sciences since 1993
Professor at Université Pierre et Marie Curie (1975-2000) and at Ecole Normale Supérieure (1984-2000).
Maître de Conférence at Ecole Polytechnique (1975-1984)
Professor (part time) at Yale University (1984-1993)
Senior Member of Institut Universitaire de France (1991-2000)
Fellow of the Americal Physical Society (1990)
Prix Ricard of French Physical Society (1983)
Michelson Medal of Franklin Insitute (1993)
Quantum Electronics Prize of the European Physical Society (2002)

Jean-Michel Raimond
Professor at Université Pierre et Marie Curie since 1988
Junior member of Institut Universitaire de France, 1994-1999
Senior member of Institut Universitaire de France, Quantum Optics chair, 2001-
Ampère Prize of the French Academy of Sciences with M. Brune, 1998
Chargé de recherches CNRS 1983-1988
Attaché de recherches CNRS 1979-1983