Quantum Simulations with Photons and Polaritons Merging Quantum Optics with Condensed Matter Physics /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Angelakis, Dimitris G. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Quantum Science and Technology,
• Subjects: Physics.; Quantum physics.; Phase transformations (Statistical physics).; Condensed materials.; Condensed matter.; Quantum optics.; Superconductivity.; Superconductors.; Quantum computers.; Spintronics.; Quantum Physics.; Quantum Optics.; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics.; Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity.; Quantum Gases and Condensates.

This book reviews progress towards quantum simulators based on photonic and hybrid light-matter systems, covering theoretical proposals and recent experimental work. Quantum simulators are specially designed quantum computers. Their main aim is to simulate and understand complex and inaccessible qua...