The Quantum Nature of Light: From photon states to quantum fluids of light

by José Tito Mendonça

Overview

This book provides an overview of quantum light phenomena and extends the traditional Quantum Optics, to include quantum fluids of light and the complete electromagnetic vacuum.

The first part of the book includes basic electromagnetic field quantisation, the characterisation of quantum photon states and elementary photon-atom interactions. Secondly, quantum fluids of light are explored such as recent areas as Bose-Einstein condensation, light vortices and superfluid light. Finally, the last section of the book focusses on a more complete description of quantum vacuum, which includes electron-positron states. The book is intended to make the bridge between these three somewhat distinct aspects of the quantum states of light.

The main audiences for the book include researchers and advanced students in quantum technology including quantum optics, metrology and computing.

Key Features:

• Up to date review of the field, including quantum fluids of light

• Extensive coverage of the topic

• Key and central theme for modern quantum science and technology

• Written by a respected expert in the field

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750327862
Publisher:	Institute of Physics Publishing
Publication date:	09/20/2022
Series:	IOP Series in Quantum Technology
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400
File size:	16 MB
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About the Author

Professor José Tito Mendonça is the scientific coordinator of the Laboratory for Quantum Plasmas (LQP) of the Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear (IPFN), and a retired Full Professor of the Physics Department of the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST). As a former Head of the Physics Department of IST and a former Director of the Association Euratom-IST for Fusion Research he developed pioneering work on photon acceleration, neutrino-MHD and twisted waves in plasmas.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction

PART I BASIC PHOTON STATES

2 Field Quantization

3 Coherence

4 Photon-atom interactions

5 Boundary Effects

PART II QUANTUM FLUIDS OF LIGHT

6 Laser

7 Bose-Einstein Condensates

8 Collective Atomic Emission

9 Light vortices

10 Superfluid Light

PART III QUANTUM VACUUM

11 Basic QED Concepts

12 Particle-Pair Creation

13 Nonlinear Vacuum

14 The Axions

A Elementary Quantum

B Lagrangians

C Photon Kinetic Equation

D Curved Spacetime