Quantum Atom Optics: Theory and Applications to Quantum Technology

✍ Scribed by Tim Byrnes, Ebubechukwu O. Ilo-Okeke

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 265
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The rapid development of quantum technologies has driven a revolution in related research areas such as quantum computation and communication, and quantum materials. The first prototypes of functional quantum devices are beginning to appear, frequently created using ensembles of atoms, which allow the observation of sensitive, quantum effects, and have important applications in quantum simulation and matter wave interferometry. This modern text offers a self-contained introduction to the fundamentals of quantum atom optics and atomic many-body matter wave systems. Assuming a familiarity with undergraduate quantum mechanics, this book will be accessible for graduate students and early career researchers moving into this important new field. A detailed description of the underlying theory of quantum atom optics is given, before development of the key, quantum, technological applications, such as atom interferometry, quantum simulation, quantum metrology, and quantum computing.

✦ Table of Contents

Frontmatter
Dedication
Contents
Foreword by Jonathan Dowling
Preface
Chapter 1 Quantum Many-Body Systems
Chapter 2 Bose-Einstein Condensation
Chapter 3 The Order Parameter and Gross-Pitaevskii Equation
Chapter 4 Spin Dynamics of Atoms
Chapter 5 Spinor Bose-Einstein Condensates
Chapter 6 Diffraction of Atoms Using Standing Wave Light
Chapter 7 Atom Interferometry
Chapter 8 Atom Interferometry Beyond the Standard Quantum Limit
Chapter 9 Quantum Simulation
Chapter 10 Entanglement Between Atom Ensembles
Chapter 11 Quantum Information Processing with Atomic Ensembles
References
Index