Product Description: Describing the phase of an electromagnetic field mode or harmonic oscillator has been an obstacle since the early days of modern quantum theory. The quantum phase operator was even more problematic with the invention of the maser and laser in the 1950s and 1960s...read more

Product Description: The papers were peer reviewed.Quantum communications, measurement and computing embodies the fledgling science of quantum information. It applies quantum physics to tackle the challenges of next generation information processing. The conference was the seventh in the series...read more

Product Description: Spin angular momentum of photons and the associated polarization of light has been known for many years. However, it is only over the last decade or so that physically realizable laboratory light beams have been used to study the orbital angular momentum of light...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

This work presents the mathematical methods widely used by workers in the field of quantum optics. It deals with the physical assumptions which lead to the models and approximations employed, but the text is meant to give a firm grounding in those techniques needed to derive analytical solutions to problems. Based on teachings by the authors, most of the text has been tested on students. (view table of contents)

Product Description: A collection of lectures discussing such topics as quantum chaos, cold atoms and ions, cavity quantum electrodynamics and nonclassical light. This work provides an overview of current research activities, results and future directions for researchers.