Exploring the Quantum Atoms, Cavities, and Photons
The counter-intuitive aspects of quantum physics have been illustrated for some time 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 weird features...
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| Médium: | E-kniha Kniha |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2006
Oxford University Press, Incorporated |
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| Edice: | Oxford Graduate Texts |
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| ISBN: | 9780191523243, 0191523240, 9780198509141, 0198509146 |
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- 8.2 Engineering ionic states of motion -- 8.3 Ion relaxation and engineered environments -- 8.4 Quantum logic with trapped ions: individual qubit addressing -- 8.5 Quantum logic with trapped ions: collective qubit addressing -- 8.6 Perspectives of ion traps for quantum information -- 9 Entangling matter waves -- 9.1 Second quantization of matter waves -- 9.2 Main features of Bose-Einstein condensation -- 9.3 The phase in Bose-Einstein condensate interference -- 9.4 Coherent collisions and cat-state generation -- 9.5 Matter waves in periodical lattices -- 9.6 Entangling collisions in a Bose-Einstein condensate -- 10 Conclusion -- Appendix -- A.1 Characteristic functions -- A.2 The Wigner distribution -- A.3 The Husimi-Q distribution -- A.4 Phase-space representations of relaxation -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y
- Intro -- Contents -- 1 Unveiling the quantum -- 1.1 One century of quantum physics -- 1.2 Emergence of the microscopic world -- 1.3 Thought experiments coming of age -- 1.4 Aims and outline of this book -- 2 Strangeness and power of the quantum -- 2.1 The superposition principle and the wave function -- 2.2 Quantum interference and complementarity -- 2.3 Identical particles -- 2.4 Entanglement and non-locality -- 2.5 The quantum-classical boundary -- 2.6 Taming the quantum to process information -- 3 Of spins and springs -- 3.1 The field oscillator -- 3.2 Coupled field modes -- 3.3 The spin system -- 3.4 Coupling a spin and a spring: the Jaynes-Cummings model -- 4 The environment is watching -- 4.1 Quantum description of open systems -- 4.2 Quantum maps: the Kraus sum representation -- 4.3 The Lindblad master equation -- 4.4 Quantum Monte Carlo trajectories -- 4.5 Damped spin-spring system: from Rabi to Purcell -- 4.6 Kicking a spring with spins: the micromaser -- 4.7 Collective coupling of N spins to a spring: superradiance -- 5 Photons in a box -- 5.1 A short history of cavity QED -- 5.2 Giant atom in a cavity: an ideal cavity QED situation -- 5.3 Two experiments unveiling the quantum in a cavity -- 5.4 An atom-photon entangling machine -- 6 Seeing light in subtle ways -- 6.1 Complementarity at quantum-classical boundary -- 6.2 Non-destructive photon number measurement -- 6.3 A quantum gate for multi-particle entanglement engineering -- 6.4 The quantum analogue/digital converter -- 6.5 Photon number parity and Wigner function measurements -- 7 Taming Schrödinger's cat -- 7.1 Representations of photonic cats -- 7.2 A thought experiment to generate optical cats -- 7.3 Dispersive cats in cavity QED -- 7.4 Resonant cats in cavity QED -- 7.5 Decoherence of cavity cats -- 7.6 Non-local cats -- 8 Atoms in a box -- 8.1 Ion trap physics