Quantum Physics Of Light And Matter

Author : Luca Salasnich
Publisher : Springer
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319529981

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Quantum Physics of Light and Matter by Luca Salasnich Pdf

This compact but exhaustive textbook, now in its significantly revised and expanded second edition, provides an essential introduction to the field quantization of light and matter with applications to atomic physics and strongly correlated systems. Following an initial review of the origins of special relativity and quantum mechanics, individual chapters are devoted to the second quantization of the electromagnetic field and the consequences of light field quantization for the description of electromagnetic transitions. The spin of the electron is then analyzed, with particular attention to its derivation from the Dirac equation. Subsequent topics include the effects of external electric and magnetic fields on the atomic spectra and the properties of systems composed of many interacting identical particles. The book also provides a detailed explanation of the second quantization of the non-relativistic matter field, i.e., the Schrödinger field, which offers a powerful tool for the investigation of many-body problems, and of atomic quantum optics and entanglement. Finally, two new chapters introduce the finite-temperature functional integration of bosonic and fermionic fields for the study of macroscopic quantum phenomena: superfluidity and superconductivity. Several solved problems are included at the end of each chapter, helping readers put into practice all that they have learned.

Author : Luca Salasnich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3319051806

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Quantum Physics of Light and Matter by Luca Salasnich Pdf

Author : Luca Salasnich
Publisher : Springer
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319051796

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Quantum Physics of Light and Matter by Luca Salasnich Pdf

The book gives an introduction to the field quantization (second quantization) of light and matter with applications to atomic physics. The first chapter briefly reviews the origins of special relativity and quantum mechanics and the basic notions of quantum information theory and quantum statistical mechanics. The second chapter is devoted to the second quantization of the electromagnetic field, while the third chapter shows the consequences of the light field quantization in the description of electromagnetic transitions. In the fourth chapter it is analyzed the spin of the electron, and in particular its derivation from the Dirac equation, while the fifth chapter investigates the effects of external electric and magnetic fields on the atomic spectra (Stark and Zeeman effects). The sixth chapter describes the properties of systems composed by many interacting identical particles by introducing the Hartree-Fock variational method, the density functional theory and the Born-Oppenheimer approximation. Finally, in the seventh chapter it is explained the second quantization of the non-relativistic matter field, i.e. the Schrodinger field, which gives a powerful tool for the investigation of many-body problems and also atomic quantum optics. At the end of each chapter there are several solved problems which can help the students to put into practice the things they learned.

Author : Richard P. Feynman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781400847464

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QED by Richard P. Feynman Pdf

Celebrated for his brilliantly quirky insights into the physical world, Nobel laureate Richard Feynman also possessed an extraordinary talent for explaining difficult concepts to the general public. Here Feynman provides a classic and definitive introduction to QED (namely, quantum electrodynamics), that part of quantum field theory describing the interactions of light with charged particles. Using everyday language, spatial concepts, visualizations, and his renowned "Feynman diagrams" instead of advanced mathematics, Feynman clearly and humorously communicates both the substance and spirit of QED to the layperson. A. Zee's introduction places Feynman’s book and his seminal contribution to QED in historical context and further highlights Feynman’s uniquely appealing and illuminating style.

Author : John Weiner,Frederico Nunes
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780198796664

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Light-matter Interaction by John Weiner,Frederico Nunes Pdf

Light-matter interaction is pervasive throughout the disciplines of optical and atomic physics, condensed matter physics, electrical engineering, and now increasingly in biology and medicine with frequency and length scales extending over many orders of magnitude. Deep earth and sea communications use frequencies of a few tens of Hz, and X-ray imaging requires sources oscillating at hundreds of petaHz. This book provides advanced undergraduates, graduate students and researchers from diverse disciplines with the principal tools required to understand and contribute to rapidly advancing developments in light-matter interaction, centred at optical frequencies and length scales from a few hundred nanometres to a few hundredths of a nanometre. This book deploys an arsenal of powerful analytic tools to render this multidisciplinary subject in unique form, not encountered in standard Physics or Electrical Engineering text books. This new edition has been substantially expanded with almost 200 pages of new material. Several new and extended chapters treat momentum flow between fields and matter, metamaterials, and atom-optical forces applied to atomic and molecular cooling and trapping.

Author : Leong-chuan Kwek,Alexia Auffeves,Dario Gerace,Maxime Richard,Stefano Portolan,Marcelo Franca Santos,Christian Miniature
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814460361

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Strong Light-matter Coupling: From Atoms To Solid-state Systems by Leong-chuan Kwek,Alexia Auffeves,Dario Gerace,Maxime Richard,Stefano Portolan,Marcelo Franca Santos,Christian Miniature Pdf

The physics of strong light-matter coupling has been addressed in different scientific communities over the last three decades. Since the early eighties, atoms coupled to optical and microwave cavities have led to pioneering demonstrations of cavity quantum electrodynamics, Gedanken experiments, and building blocks for quantum information processing, for which the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded in 2012. In the framework of semiconducting devices, strong coupling has allowed investigations into the physics of Bose gases in solid-state environments, and the latter holds promise for exploiting light-matter interaction at the single-photon level in scalable architectures. More recently, impressive developments in the so-called superconducting circuit QED have opened another fundamental playground to revisit cavity quantum electrodynamics for practical and fundamental purposes.This book aims at developing the necessary interface between these communities, by providing future researchers with a robust conceptual, theoretical and experimental basis on strong light-matter coupling, both in the classical and in the quantum regimes. In addition, the emphasis is on new forefront research topics currently developed around the physics of strong light-matter interaction in the atomic and solid-state scenarios.

Author : Louis De Broglie
Publisher : Minkowski Institute Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 1989970338

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Matter and Light: The New Physics by Louis De Broglie Pdf

This is a new publication of Louis de Broglie's book Matter and Light: The New Physics. From Aurélien Drezet's Foreword: "Historians of physics will find in the book detailed descriptions of the then new discoveries associated with wave mechanics and quantum mechanics... The general public will find in this remarkable book a very clean presentation of the ideas of quantum mechanics. De Broglie was indeed a great scientific writer using all his talent to communicate the beauty of quantum physics without letting the readers be confused by the vague attitude of weirdness that we find unfortunately so often in many presentations of quantum physics"

Author : Wendell T. Hill, III,Chi H. Lee
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2006-12-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 3527406611

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Light-Matter Interaction by Wendell T. Hill, III,Chi H. Lee Pdf

Dieser Band fasst systematisch alle Begriffe und Konzepte zusammen, die das Fundament der Atom- und Molekülforschung, Optik und Technik bilden: Atome, zweiatomige Moleküle, Atome und Moleküle in statischen und elektromagnetischen Feldern, nichtlineare Optik. Physikalische und mathematische Definitionen, ausführliche Tabellen und ein Überblick über die Tensoralgebra wurden der besseren Lesbarkeit des Haupttextes halber in umfangreiche Anhänge ausgelagert. Jedes Kapitel schließt mit Übungsaufgaben und Angaben zur weiterführenden Literatur ab.

Author : Augusto Garuccio,Alwyn van der Merwe
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461525509

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Waves and Particles in Light and Matter by Augusto Garuccio,Alwyn van der Merwe Pdf

From September 24 through 30, 1992 the Workshop on "Waves and Parti cles in Light and Matter" was held in the Italian city of Trani in celebration of the centenary of Louis de Broglie's birth. As is well known, the relationship between quantum theory and ob jective reality was one of the main threads running through the researches of this French physicist. It was therefore in a fitting tribute to him on his 90th birthday that ten years ago an international conference on the same subject was convened in Perugia. On that occasion, physicists from all over the world interested in the problematics of wave-particle duality engaged in thoughtful debates (the proceedings of which were subsequently published) on recent theoretical and experimental developments in our understanding of the foundations of quantum mechanics. This time around, about 120 scientists, coming from 5 continents, in the warm and pleasant atmosphere of Trani's Colonna Conference Center focussed their discussions on recent results concerned with the EPR para dox, matter-interferometry, reality of de Broglie's waves, photon detection, macroscopic quantum coherence, alternative theories to usual quantum mechanics, special relativity, state reduction, and other related topics. The workshop was organized in plenary sessions, round tables, and poster sessions, and the present volume collects most-but not all-of the presented papers. A number of acknowledgements are due. We thank, first of all, the contributors, without whose constant dedication this volume could not have been published.

Author : Akira Furusawa
Publisher : Springer
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9784431559603

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Quantum States of Light by Akira Furusawa Pdf

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.

Author : Funaro Daniele
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811204258

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From Photons To Atoms: The Electromagnetic Nature Of Matter by Funaro Daniele Pdf

Motivated by a revision of the classical equations of electromagnetism that allow for the inclusion of solitary waves in the solution space, the material collected in this book examines the consequences of adopting the modified model in the description of atomic structures. The possibility of handling 'photons' in a deterministic way indeed gives a chance to review the foundations of quantum physics. Atoms and molecules are described as aggregations of nuclei and electrons joined through organized photon layers resonating at various frequencies, explaining how matter can absorb or emit light quanta. Some established viewpoints are subverted, offering an alternative scenario. The analysis seeks to provide an answer to many technical problems in physical chemistry and, at the same time, to raise epistemological questions.

Author : Richard Phillips Feynman
Publisher : Princeton Book Company Publishers
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Science
ISBN : 0691083886

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QED by Richard Phillips Feynman Pdf

This book is a venture that, as far as we know, has never been tried. It is a straightforward, honest explanation of a rather difficult subject-the theory of Quantum electrodynamics-for a nontechnical audience. It is designed to give the interested reader an appreciation for the kind of thinking that physicists have resorted to in order to explain how Nature behaves.

Author : V.V. Dodonov,V.I. Man'ko
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2003-03-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0415284139

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Theory of Nonclassical States of Light by V.V. Dodonov,V.I. Man'ko Pdf

The term 'nonclassical states' refers to the quantum states that cannot be produced in the usual sources of light, such as lasers or lamps, rather than those requiring more sophisticated apparatus for their production. Theory of Non-classical States of Light describes the current status of the theory of nonclassical states of light including many new and important results as well as introductory material and the history of the subject. The authors concentrate on the most important types of nonclassical states, namely squeezed, even/odd ('Schrodinger cat') and binomial states, including their generalizations. However, a review of other types of nonclassical is also given in the introduction, and methods for generating nonclassical states on various processes of light-matter interaction, their phase-space description, and the time evolution of nonclassical states in these processes is presented in separate chapters. This contributed volume contains all of the necessary formulae and references required to gain a good understanding of the principles and current status of the field. It will provide a valuable information resource for advanced students and researchers in quantum physics.

Author : Yehuda B. Band,Yshai Avishai
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 993 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780444537874

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Quantum Mechanics with Applications to Nanotechnology and Information Science by Yehuda B. Band,Yshai Avishai Pdf

Quantum mechanics transcends and supplants classical mechanics at the atomic and subatomic levels. It provides the underlying framework for many subfields of physics, chemistry and materials science, including condensed matter physics, atomic physics, molecular physics, quantum chemistry, particle physics, and nuclear physics. It is the only way we can understand the structure of materials, from the semiconductors in our computers to the metal in our automobiles. It is also the scaffolding supporting much of nanoscience and nanotechnology. The purpose of this book is to present the fundamentals of quantum theory within a modern perspective, with emphasis on applications to nanoscience and nanotechnology, and information-technology. As the frontiers of science have advanced, the sort of curriculum adequate for students in the sciences and engineering twenty years ago is no longer satisfactory today. Hence, the emphasis on new topics that are not included in older reference texts, such as quantum information theory, decoherence and dissipation, and on applications to nanotechnology, including quantum dots, wires and wells. This book provides a novel approach to Quantum Mechanics whilst also giving readers the requisite background and training for the scientists and engineers of the 21st Century who need to come to grips with quantum phenomena The fundamentals of quantum theory are provided within a modern perspective, with emphasis on applications to nanoscience and nanotechnology, and information-technology Older books on quantum mechanics do not contain the amalgam of ideas, concepts and tools necessary to prepare engineers and scientists to deal with the new facets of quantum mechanics and their application to quantum information science and nanotechnology As the frontiers of science have advanced, the sort of curriculum adequate for students in the sciences and engineering twenty years ago is no longer satisfactory today There are many excellent quantum mechanics books available, but none have the emphasis on nanotechnology and quantum information science that this book has

Author : Henry P. Stapp
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009-02-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540896548

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Mind, Matter and Quantum Mechanics by Henry P. Stapp Pdf

"Scientists other than quantum physicists often fail to comprehend the enormity of the conceptual change wrought by quantum theory in our basic conception of the nature of matter," writes Henry Stapp. Stapp is a leading quantum physicist who has given particularly careful thought to the implications of the theory that lies at the heart of modern physics. In this book, which contains several of his key papers as well as new material, he focuses on the problem of consciousness and explains how quantum mechanics allows causally effective conscious thought to be combined in a natural way with the physical brain made of neurons and atoms. The book is divided into four sections. The first consists of an extended introduction. Key foundational and somewhat more technical papers are included in the second part, together with a clear exposition of the "orthodox" interpretation of quantum mechanics. The third part addresses, in a non-technical fashion, the implications of the theory for some of the most profound questions that mankind has contemplated: How does the world come to be just what it is and not something else? How should humans view themselves in a quantum universe? What will be the impact on society of the revised scientific image of the nature of man? The final part contains a mathematical appendix for the specialist and a glossary of important terms and ideas for the interested layman. This third edition has been significantly expanded with two new chapters covering the author's most recent work.