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Quantum Optics |
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| Authors: |
Simserides, Constantinos |
| Subject: | NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > PHYSICS > ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTIC, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS > OPTICS > QUANTUM OPTICS NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > PHYSICS > CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > PHYSICS > ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTIC, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS > OPTICS > LASERS, LASER SYSTEMS AND LASER APPLICATIONS NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > PHYSICS > CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES > OPTICAL PROPERTIES, SPECTROSCOPY, INTERACTIONS OF RADIATION/PARTICLES WITH CONDENSED MATTER NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > PHYSICS > ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS > ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF ATOMS AND MOLECULES: THEORY NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > PHYSICS > ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS > ATOMIC PROPERTIES AND INTERACTIONS WITH PHOTONS NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > PHYSICS > ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS > MOLECULAR PROPERTIES AND INTERACTIONS WITH PHOTONS |
| Keywords: |
Quantum optics
Photon Electromagnetic (EM) field Matter Two-level, three level, four-level, multi-level system Quantum well Quantum wire Quantum dot Time-dependent perturbation Rabi oscillations Einstein coefficients Rotating Wave Approximation Hydrogen atom Cavity Rabi Hamiltonian Steady state -Cummings Hamiltonian Rate equations Black body Planck, Reyleigh-Jeans, Wien, Stefan-Boltzmann laws Electric dipole moment Magnetic dipole moment Spinor Longitudinal and transverse modes Linewidth (homogeneous or inhomogeneous broadening) Stokes shift, anti-Stokes shift Pumping, critical pumping Population inversion EM modes in rectangular parallelepiped cavity EM modes in cylindrical cavity Continuous spectrum Pure state, mixed state Von Neumann equation Fresnel equations, Brewster angle Second quantization Coherence Infinite or finite square well (full solution) Atomic models Tuning, detuning On resonance, off resonance Mean transfer rate Discrete spectrum Analogy between semiclassical description and full quantum-mechanical description of Rabi oscillations Averaging method Pauli matrices EM field energy density per infinitesimal frequency interval Photoelectric effect Interaction processes between a photon and a two-level system Quasi one-dimensional system Quasi two-dimensional system Three-dimensional system Einstein mechanisms or processes Spontaneous emission Stimulated emission (Stimulated) Absorption LASER (MASER etc.) Semiclassical approximation Dipole approximation Transition dipole moment Allowed optical transition Forbidden optical transition Quantum mechanics Density matrix, density operator Bosons, fermions Ladder operators Raising operator or creation operator Lowering operator or annihilation operator Commutation, anticommutation Bose-Einstein, Fermi-Dirac, Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics Color center |
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| Abstract: |
The book is an introduction and overview, at the undergraduate level, to quantum optics. We analyze the quantum nature of light. We focus on the interaction processes between a photon and a two-level system. We explain what is continuous and what is discrete energy spectrum, as well as intermediate cases such as low-dimensional structures. The interaction of electromagnetic field with matter is tackled, in the first stage, semi-classically, where the electromagnetic field is treated classically and the matter quantum-mechanically. We explain in detail to which extent optical transitions between energy levels are allowed. Then, the interaction between electromagnetic field and matter is treated quantum-mechanically, i.e., the electromagnetic field consists of photons. We explain ladder operators and the differences between bosons and fermions, commutation and anticommutation. Then, we introduce the concept of density matrix and density operator. We explain the operating principles of LASERs. Finally, we develop several related topics. The book contains exercises, auxiliary mathematics and illustrative matlab programs.
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| Linguistic Editors: |
Skordalaki, Eleftheria |
| Technical Editors: |
Simserides, Constantinos |
| Type: |
Undergraduate textbook |
| Creation Date: | 22-03-2023 |
| Item Details: | |
| ISBN |
978-618-5726-66-9 |
| License: |
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) |
| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-186 |
| Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/9254 |
| Bibliographic Reference: | Simserides, C. (2023). Quantum Optics [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-186 |
| Language: |
English |
| Consists of: |
1. Overview 2. The quantum nature of light 3. Interaction processes between a photon and a two-level system 4. Continuous and discrete spectrum 5. Semiclassical approximation I 6. Semiclassical approximation II 7. Allowed and forbidden optical transitions 8. Quantum mechanical approach I 9. Quantum mechanical approach II 10. Density matrix and operator 11. LASER 12. Various 13. Appendix A: Exercises 14. Appendix B: Auxiliary mathematics and Calculation Details 15. Appendix C: Matlab programs |
| Number of pages |
396 |
| Version: |
English Edition |
| Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |
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