Quantum States of Light
This book explains what quantum states of light look like. Of special interest, a single photon state is explained by using a wave picture, showing that it corresponds to the complementarity of a quantum. Also explained is how light waves are created by photons, again corresponding to the complement...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Tokyo :
Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer,
2015.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2015. |
| Series: | SpringerBriefs in Mathematical Physics,
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
| Summary: | This book explains what quantum states of light look like. Of special interest, a single photon state is explained by using a wave picture, showing that it corresponds to the complementarity of a quantum. Also explained is how light waves are created by photons, again corresponding to the complementarity of a quantum. The author shows how an optical wave is created by superposition of a "vacuum" and a single photon as a typical example. Moreover, squeezed states of light are explained as "longitudinal" waves of light and Schrödinger's cat states as macroscopic superposition states. |
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| Physical Description: | IX, 104 p. 92 illus., 30 illus. in color. online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9784431559603 |
| ISSN: | 2197-1757 ; |
