An Introduction to Quantum Optics: An Open Systems Approach

by Perry Rice

Overview

This book provides a solid pedagogical background in the techniques used in quantum optics, with an emphasis on open quantum systems. Suitable for undergraduates as a second semester quantum mechanics course or first-year graduate students, this book begins with a short summary of quantum mechanics and contains physics of open systems and their application to light/matter interactions. Written in a simplified manner and classroom tested, this book provides the fundamentals of quantum optics and includes recent developments in the field.

Key Features

• Solid introduction to the key features of the field
• Excellent first exposure to nonequilibrium quantum statistical mechanics
• Developed from 30 years of teaching
• Includes recent developments in the field

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750317115
Publisher:	Iop Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	11/22/2020
Series:	IOP Expanding Physics
Pages:	300
Sales rank:	1,033,924
Product dimensions:	7.37(w) x 10.51(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Perry Rice earned a BS in physics at Wright State University in 1981. After two years in industry, he went to graduate school and earned a PhD in physics at the University of Arkansas in 1988. He went on to become a professor of physics at Miami University for 30 years, and most recently is a senior research scientist at Azimuth Corporation. His research has been primarily in quantum optics and physics pedagogy, with specialties in cavity/waveguide quantum electrodynamics, nonclassical light, strongly coupled atom-field systems, quantum statistical mechanics, and computational methods including quantum trajectory theory.