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What happens to light when it is trapped in a box?Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics addresses a fascinating question in physics: what happens to light, and in particular to its interaction with matter, when it is trapped inside a box? With the aid of a model-building approach, readers discover the answ...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley series in lasers and applications
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/0471713465 |
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What happens to light when it is trapped in a box?Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics addresses a fascinating question in physics: what happens to light, and in particular to its interaction with matter, when it is trapped inside a box? With the aid of a model-building approach, readers discover the answer to this question and come to appreciate its important applications in computing, cryptography, quantum teleportation, and opto-electronics. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xvi, 389 p.) : ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-380) and index. |
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0471713473 (electronic bk.) 9780471713470 (electronic bk.) 9780471443384 (cloth : acid-free paper) 0471443387 (cloth : acid-free paper) 0471713465 (electronic bk.) 9780471713463 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | QC446 |
| CLC: | O431.2 |
| Contents: | Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Fiat Lux!; 3 The photon's wavefunction; 4 A box of photons; 5 Let matter be!; 6 Spontaneous emission; 7 Macroscopic QED; 8 The maser; the laser; and their cavity QED cousins; 9 Open cavities; Appendix A Perfect cavity modes; Appendix B Perfect cavity boundary conditions; Appendix C Quaternions and special relativity; Appendix D The Baker-Hausdorff formula; Appendix E Vectors and vector identities; Appendix F The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly; References; Index. |