Quantum states of light /
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| Author / Creator: | Furusawa, Akira, author. |
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| Imprint: | Tokyo : Springer, 2015. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 104 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | SpringerBriefs in mathematical physics, 2197-1757 ; volume 10 SpringerBriefs in mathematical physics ; volume 10. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11097103 |
| 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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| Item Description: | "This book was originally written in Japanese and published by Uchida Roukakuho in 2013." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 104 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9784431559603 4431559604 4431559582 9784431559580 |
| ISSN: | 2197-1757 ; |