Modern Foundations of Quantum Optics

by Vlatko Vedral

Book Overview

This textbook offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the basic ideas in modern quantum optics, beginning with a review of the whole of optics, and culminating in the quantum description of light. The book emphasizes the phenomenon of interference as the key to understanding the behavior of light, and discusses distinctions between the classical and quantum nature of light. Laser operation is reviewed at great length and many applications...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1860945538
• ISBN13: 9781860945533
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Imperial College Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"