Semiconductor quantum optics

"The emerging field of semiconductor quantum optics combines semiconductor physics and quantum optics, with the aim of developing quantum devices with unprecedented performance. In this book researchers and graduate students alike will reach a new level of understanding to begin conducting stat...

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Main Author Kira, Mackillo, 1969-
Other Authors Koch, S. W.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Subjects
Semiconductors.
Quantum optics.
Quantum electrodynamics.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
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Physical Description1 online resource (xiii, 643 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Central concepts in classical mechanics
  • 2. Central concepts of classical electrodynamics
  • 3. Central concepts in quantum mechanics
  • 4. Central concepts in stationary quantum theory
  • 5. Central concepts in measurement theory
  • 6. Wigner's phase-space representation
  • 7. Hamiltonian formulation of classical electrodynamics
  • 8. System Hamiltonian of classical electrodynamics
  • 9. System Hamiltonian in the generalized Coulomb gauge
  • 10. Quantization of light and matter
  • 11. Quasiparticles in semiconductors
  • 12. Band structure of solids
  • 13. Interactions in semiconductors
  • 14. Generic quantum dynamics
  • 15. Cluster-expansion representation of the quantum dynamics
  • 16. Simple many-body systems
  • 17. Hierarchy problem for dipole systems
  • 18. Two-level approximation for optical transition
  • 19. Self-consistent extension of the two-level approach
  • 20. Dissipative extension of the two-level approach
  • 21. Quantum-optical extension of the two-level approach
  • 22. Quantum dynamics of two-level system
  • 23. Spectroscopy and quantum-optical correlations
  • 24. General aspects of semiconductor optics
  • 25. Introductory semiconductor optics
  • 26. Maxwell-semiconductor Bloch equations
  • 27. Coherent vs. incoherent exciton
  • ; 28. Semiconductor luminescence equations
  • 29. Many-body aspects of the semiconductor luminescence
  • 30. Advanced semiconductor quantum optics; Appendix.

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