Quantum Optics and Quantum Information

URL study guide

https://tue.osiris-student.nl/onderwijscatalogus/extern/cursus?cursuscode=34QOQ&collegejaar=2025&taal=en

Omschrijving

The course begins with an overview of basic concepts of physical optics (electromagnetic waves, partial coherence), which are needed for the course. The basic concepts of quantum optics are then introduced: blackbody radiation, the photoelectric effect, photons, photon statistics, photon bunching and antibunching. The following topics are subsequently described: Quantized fields and Fock states; Coherent fields; Classical and quantum coherence functions; Atom-field interaction: Semiclassical and quantum theories; Experimental cavity QED; Beam-splitters and single-photon interferometry; Sources of entangled photons, nonlocality, hidden variable theories and Bell inequalities; Basis concepts of quantum information: qubits, quantum gates, quantum computing algorithms; Quantum metrology, quantum cryptography, quantum teleportation, quantum computing

Doelstellingen

1. Learning the basic concepts of quantum optics
2. Learning how to apply the quantum theory of light and light-matter interaction in experimentally-relevant situations
3. Learning the basic concepts of quantum information

Beoordelingsmethode

Written examination