Quantum optics for engineers

Quantum Optics for Engineers provides a transparent and methodical introduction to quantum optics via the Dirac's bra-ket notation with an emphasis on practical applications and basic aspects of quantum mechanics such as Heisenberg's uncertainty principle and Schrodinger's equation. S...

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Main Author: Duarte, F. J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL CRC Press 2014
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505 0 |a Front Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Author; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Planck's Quantum Energy Equation; Chapter 3: Uncertainty Principle; Chapter 4: Dirac Quantum Optics; Chapter 5: Interference, Diffraction, Refraction, and Reflection via the Dirac Notation; Chapter 6: Generalized Multiple-Prism Dispersion; Chapter 7: Dirac Notation Identities; Chapter 8: Laser Excitation; Chapter 9: Laser Oscillators Described via the Dirac Notation; Chapter 10: Interferometry via the Dirac Notation; Chapter 11: Secure Interferometric Communications in Free Space 
505 0 |a Chapter 12: Schrödinger's EquationChapter 13: Introduction to Feynman Path Integrals; Chapter 14: Matrix Aspects of Quantum Mechanics; Chapter 15: Classical Polarization; Chapter 16: Quantum Polarization; Chapter 17: Entangled Polarizations: Probability Amplitudes and Experimental Configurations; Chapter 18: Quantum Computing; Chapter 19: Quantum Cryptography and Teleportation; Chapter 20: Quantum Measurements; Chapter 21: Interpretational Issues in Quantum Mechanics; Appendix A: Survey of Laser Emission Characteristics; Appendix B: Brief Survey of Laser Resonators and Laser Cavities 
505 0 |a Appendix C: Ray Transfer MatricesAppendix D: Multiple-Prism Dispersion Series; Appendix E: Complex Numbers; Appendix F: Trigonometric Identities; Appendix G: Calculus Basics; Appendix H: Poincaré's Space; Appendix I: N-Slit Interferometric Calculations; Appendix J: N-Slit Interferometric Calculations-Numerical Approach; Appendix K: Physical Constants and Optical Quantities; Back Cover 
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520 |a Quantum Optics for Engineers provides a transparent and methodical introduction to quantum optics via the Dirac's bra-ket notation with an emphasis on practical applications and basic aspects of quantum mechanics such as Heisenberg's uncertainty principle and Schrodinger's equation. Self-contained and using mainly first-year calculus and algebra tools, the book:Illustrates the interferometric quantum origin of fundamental optical principles such as diffraction, refraction, and reflectionProvides a transparent introduction, via Dirac's notation