Quantum States of Light

By Akira Furusawa

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 Schr?dinger's cat states as macroscopic superposition states.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 4431559582
• ISBN13: 9784431559580
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 2.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"