Quantum States of Light
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SpringerBriefs in Mathematical Physics
Quantum States of Light
Akira Furusawa
Science / Physics / Mathematical & Computational
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.
| Publication Date: | 18 December 2015 |
| Publisher: | Springer Japan |
| Imprint: | Springer |
| ISBN-13: | 9784431559580 |
| Format: | Paperback softback |
| Page Count: | 104 |