Acknowledgements |
Introduction / 1: |
A note to the reader / 1.1: |
Quantum theory / 1.2: |
Axioms / 1.2.1: |
Quantum statistics / 1.2.2: |
Schrödinger and Heisenberg pictures / 1.2.3: |
On the questions and homework problems / 1.3: |
Further reading / 1.4: |
Quantum field theory of light / 2: |
Light in media / 2.1: |
Maxwell's equations / 2.1.1: |
Quantum commutator / 2.1.2: |
Light modes / 2.2: |
Modes and their scalar product / 2.2.1: |
Bose commutation relations / 2.2.2: |
Interference / 2.2.3: |
Monochromatic modes / 2.2.4: |
Zero-point energy and Casimir force / 2.3: |
An attractive cavity / 2.3.1: |
Reflections / 2.3.2: |
Questions / 2.4: |
Homework problem / 2.5: |
Simple quantum states of light / 2.6: |
The electromagnetic oscillator / 3.1: |
Single-mode states / 3.2: |
Quadrature states / 3.2.1: |
Fock states / 3.2.2: |
Thermal states / 3.2.3: |
Coherent states / 3.2.4: |
Uncertainty and squeezing / 3.3: |
Quasiprobability distributions / 3.4: |
Wigner representation / 4.1: |
Wigner's formula / 4.1.1: |
Basic properties / 4.1.2: |
Examples / 4.1.3: |
Other quasiprobability distributions / 4.2: |
Q function / 4.2.1: |
P function / 4.2.2: |
s-parameterized quasiprobability distributions / 4.2.3: |
Simple optical instruments / 4.3: |
Beam splitter / 5.1: |
Heisenberg picture / 5.1.1: |
Schrödinger picture / 5.1.2: |
Fock representation and wave-particle dualism / 5.1.3: |
Detection / 5.2: |
Photodetector / 5.2.1: |
Balanced homodyne detection / 5.2.2: |
Quantum tomography / 5.2.3: |
Simultaneous measurement of conjugate variables / 5.2.4: |
Irrevesible processes / 5.3: |
Lindblad's theorem / 6.1: |
Irreversibility / 6.1.1: |
Reversible dynamics / 6.1.2: |
Irreversible dynamics / 6.1.3: |
Loss and gain / 6.2: |
Absorption and amplification / 6.2.1: |
Absorber / 6.2.2: |
Amplifier / 6.2.3: |
Eavesdropper / 6.2.4: |
Continuous quantum measurements / 6.3: |
Entanglement / 6.4: |
Parametric amplifier / 7.1: |
Einstein-Podolski-Rosen state / 7.1.1: |
Quantum teleportation / 7.1.4: |
Polarization correlations / 7.2: |
Singlet state / 7.2.1: |
Polarization / 7.2.2: |
Bell's theorem / 7.2.3: |
Horizons / 7.3: |
Minkowski space / 8.1: |
Locality and relativity / 8.1.1: |
Space-time geometry / 8.1.2: |
Light / 8.1.3: |
Accelerated observers / 8.2: |
Rindler coordinates / 8.2.1: |
Accelerated modes / 8.2.2: |
Unruh effect / 8.2.3: |
Moving media / 8.3: |
Motivation / 8.3.1: |
Trans-Planckian problem / 8.3.2: |
Light in moving media / 8.3.3: |
Geometry of light / 8.3.4: |
Hawking radiation / 8.3.5: |
Stress of the quantum vacuum / 8.4: |
State reconstruction in quantum mechanics / Appendix B: |
References |
Index |
Irreversible processes |
Appendixes |
Acknowledgements |
Introduction / 1: |
A note to the reader / 1.1: |
Quantum theory / 1.2: |
Axioms / 1.2.1: |
Quantum statistics / 1.2.2: |