Essential Quantum Optics: From Quantum Measurements to Black Holes

by Ulf Leonhardt

Book Overview

Covering some of the most exciting trends in quantum optics - quantum entanglement, teleportation, and levitation - this textbook is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. The book journeys through the vast field of quantum optics following a single theme: light in media. A wide range of subjects are covered, from the force of the quantum vacuum to astrophysics, from quantum measurements to black holes. Ideas are explained in detail...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521869781
• ISBN13: 9780521869782
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.8"