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Quantum Optics: an Introduction

30 January 2007

by Mark Fox, Oxford University Press. Hardback ISBN 9780198566724, 9.95 ($89.50). Paperback ISBN 9780198566731, £24.95 ($44.50).

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This is a modern text on quantum optics for advanced undergraduate students. It provides explanations based primarily on intuitive physical understanding, rather than mathematical derivations. There is a strong emphasis on experimental demonstrations of quantum optical phenomena, in both atomic and condensed-matter physics. Other topics include squeezed light, Hanbury–Brown–Twiss experiments, laser cooling, Bose–Einstein condensation, quantum computing, entangled states and quantum teleportation. The book also includes worked examples and exercises.

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