Theoretical Quantum Optics II - SS 2017

(Lecture)

Course number 118091

  • Responsible Instructor, Dates

    Responsible Instructor:

    • Prof. Dr. Tilmann Kuhn | Institute of Solid State Theory | room 703 | phone 36312 | E-Mail |

    Dates:

    • Lecture: Mo, 13-15, IG1 718

  • Contents & Literature

    Contents:

    • Coherence functions and phonon statistics
    • cavity quantum electrodynamics
    • quantum theory of the laser
    • Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen-paradox and Bell's inequalities
    • quantum information processing

    Literature:

    • C.C. Gerry and P.L. Knight, Introductory Quantum Optics, Cambridge University Press, 2005

    • R. Loudon, The Quantum Theory of Light, Oxford University Press, 1973

    • D.F. Walls and G.J. Milburn, Quantum Optics, Springer, Berlin, 2008

    • C. Cohen-Tannoudji, J. Dupont-Roc and G. Grynberg, Photons and Atoms - Introduction to Quantum Electrodynamics, John Wiley and Sons, 1989

    • C. Cohen-Tannoudji, J. Dupont-Roc and G. Grynberg, Atom-Photon Interactions - Basic Processes and Applications, John Wiley and Sons, 1992

    • V. Vedral, Modern Foundations of Quantum Optics, Imperial College Press, 2005

    • L. Mandel and E. Wolf, Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics, Cambridge University Press 1995