03925nam 22007095 450 991030024900332120200630210021.04-431-55960-410.1007/978-4-431-55960-3(CKB)3710000000541913(EBL)4189506(SSID)ssj0001597523(PQKBManifestationID)16298073(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001597523(PQKBWorkID)14886277(PQKB)10220479(DE-He213)978-4-431-55960-3(MiAaPQ)EBC4189506(PPN)190884053(EXLCZ)99371000000054191320151210d2015 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrQuantum States of Light /by Akira Furusawa1st ed. 2015.Tokyo :Springer Japan :Imprint: Springer,2015.1 online resource (110 p.)SpringerBriefs in Mathematical Physics,2197-1757 ;10Description based upon print version of record.4-431-55958-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Quantum states of light -- 1-1 Quantum optics -- 1-2 Coherent states -- 1-3 Balanced homodyne measurements -- 1-4 Single-photon state -- 1-5 Fock states -- 1-6 Super position of a vacuum and a single photon -- 1-7 Coherent states and Schrodinger's cat states -- 1-8 Wigner function -- 1-9 Super position of a vacuum and a two-photon state -- 1-10 Squeezed states -- 1-11 Squeezing operation -- 1-12 Quantum entanglement -- 2. Generation of quantum states of light -- 2-1 Generation of coherent states -- 2-2 Generation of squeezed states -- 2-3 Generation of a single-photon state -- 2-4 Generation of Schrodinger's cat states -- 2-5 Generation of superposition of Fock states -- 2-6 Generation of quantum entanglement -- 3. Quantum operations for quantum states of light -- 3-1 Various quantum operations -- 3-2 Quantum teleportation -- 3-3 Quantum gate teleportation.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.SpringerBriefs in Mathematical Physics,2197-1757 ;10Mathematical physicsQuantum opticsQuantum computersSpintronicsMathematical Physicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/M35000Quantum Opticshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P24050Quantum Information Technology, Spintronicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P31070Quantum Computinghttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/M14070Mathematical physics.Quantum optics.Quantum computers.Spintronics.Mathematical Physics.Quantum Optics.Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics.Quantum Computing.535Furusawa Akiraauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut755717MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910300249003321Quantum states of light1522885UNINA