Introduction to quantum optics : from light quanta to quantum teleportation /
This textbook provides a physical understanding of what photons are and of their properties and applications. Special emphasis is made in the text to entangled photon pairs which exhibit quantum mechanical correlations over manifestly macroscopic distances. Such photon pairs make possible such excit...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the German. |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This textbook provides a physical understanding of what photons are and of their properties and applications. Special emphasis is made in the text to entangled photon pairs which exhibit quantum mechanical correlations over manifestly macroscopic distances. Such photon pairs make possible such exciting techniques as teleportation and quantum cryptography. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 241 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-239) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521835631 9780521835633 9780511648212 0511648219 0511194757 9780511194757 9780511193316 0511193319 9780511616754 0511616759 0511194013 9780511194016 |