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is the frequency of the light. That energy possessed by a single photon corresponds exactly to the transition between discrete energy levels in an atom (or other system) that emitted the photon; material absorption of a photon is the reverse process. Einstein's explanation of
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et al. demonstrated a single atom emitting one photon at a time, further compelling evidence that light consists of photons. Previously unknown quantum states of light with characteristics unlike classical states, such as
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as a whole. However, the subfields of quantum mechanics dealing with matter-light interaction were principally regarded as research into matter rather than into light; hence one rather spoke of
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As laser science needed good theoretical foundations, and also because research into these soon proved very fruitful, interest in quantum optics rose. Following the work of
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is fundamental to the concepts of quantum optics: light is described in terms of field operators for creation and annihilation of photons—i.e. in the language of
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applied quantum theory to the electromagnetic field in the 1950s and 1960s to gain a more detailed understanding of photodetection and the
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regularly takes quantum mechanics into account, and is usually concerned with electrons. Specific applications of quantum mechanics in
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techniques—opened the way to the study of what became known as ultrafast processes. Applications for solid state research (e.g.
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can generate so-called 'twin beams', where (ideally) each photon of one beam is associated with a photon in the other beam.
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operation, which is today studied as a topic in quantum optics. Usage of the term overlapped early work on the
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in 1960. This state, which can be used to approximately describe the output of a single-frequency
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showed that the hypothesis of optical radiation being quantized corresponded to his theory of the
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in 1899 under the hypothesis of light being emitted in discrete units of energy. The
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being driven by the absorption or emission of light according to Einstein's theory.
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as a concept that addressed variations between laser light, thermal light, exotic
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is a term that was used mainly between the 1950s and 1970s to denote the area of
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in particular. The understanding of the interaction between light and
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Today's fields of interest among quantum optics researchers include
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have been awarded for work in quantum optics. These were awarded:
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following these developments was crucial for the development of
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in a 1905 paper, a discovery for which he was to be awarded the
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quantized according to an integer number of particles known as
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in vacuum. These particles should not be considered to be
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was further evidence of this quantization as explained by
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Light propagating in a restricted volume of space has its
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Brunner, Witlof; Radloff, Wolfgang; Junge, Klaus (1975).
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interactions, a coherent state can be transformed into a
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A frequently encountered state of the light field is the
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describing the waves in the classical picture. In 1977,
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Each particle carries one quantum of energy, equal to
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dealing with how individual quanta of light, known as
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An introduction to quantum optics of the light field
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Glauber 146:quantum optics 69: 66: 38:Quantum optics 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 3409: 3398: 3395: 3393: 3390: 3389: 3387: 3372: 3364: 3362: 3354: 3353: 3350: 3344: 3341: 3339: 3336: 3334: 3331: 3329: 3326: 3324: 3320: 3317: 3315: 3311: 3307: 3304: 3303: 3301: 3299: 3293: 3283: 3280: 3278: 3275: 3273: 3270: 3268: 3265: 3264: 3262: 3260: 3256: 3250: 3247: 3245: 3242: 3240: 3239:Spin qubit QC 3237: 3235: 3232: 3231: 3229: 3226: 3222: 3216: 3213: 3211: 3208: 3207: 3205: 3203: 3199: 3193: 3190: 3188: 3185: 3183: 3180: 3178: 3175: 3174: 3172: 3170: 3166: 3163: 3157: 3151: 3148: 3144: 3143: 3139: 3137: 3134: 3132: 3129: 3127: 3124: 3122: 3119: 3117: 3114: 3112: 3109: 3107: 3104: 3103: 3101: 3100: 3098: 3096: 3090: 3084: 3081: 3079: 3076: 3072: 3069: 3068: 3067: 3064: 3060: 3057: 3056: 3055: 3052: 3048: 3047:cluster state 3045: 3044: 3043: 3040: 3038: 3035: 3033: 3030: 3029: 3027: 3025: 3019: 3011: 3007: 3003: 3001: 2997: 2993: 2992: 2991: 2988: 2984: 2981: 2980: 2979: 2976: 2974: 2971: 2969: 2966: 2965: 2963: 2957: 2951: 2948: 2946: 2943: 2941: 2938: 2936: 2933: 2931: 2928: 2927: 2925: 2923: 2917: 2911: 2908: 2906: 2903: 2901: 2898: 2896: 2893: 2891: 2888: 2886: 2883: 2881: 2878: 2876: 2873: 2871: 2868: 2866: 2863: 2861: 2858: 2856: 2855:Deutsch–Jozsa 2853: 2851: 2848: 2846: 2843: 2841: 2838: 2837: 2835: 2833: 2829: 2819: 2816: 2812: 2809: 2807: 2804: 2802: 2799: 2798: 2797: 2794: 2792: 2791:Quantum money 2789: 2787: 2784: 2782: 2779: 2778: 2776: 2774: 2770: 2764: 2761: 2757: 2754: 2753: 2752: 2749: 2745: 2742: 2741: 2740: 2737: 2735: 2732: 2730: 2727: 2725: 2722: 2718: 2715: 2713: 2710: 2709: 2708: 2705: 2704: 2702: 2700:communication 2696: 2690: 2687: 2685: 2682: 2680: 2677: 2675: 2672: 2670: 2667: 2665: 2662: 2660: 2657: 2655: 2652: 2650: 2647: 2645: 2642: 2640: 2637: 2635: 2632: 2630: 2627: 2625: 2622: 2620: 2617: 2615: 2612: 2611: 2609: 2605: 2597: 2594: 2593: 2592: 2589: 2585: 2582: 2581: 2580: 2577: 2575: 2572: 2570: 2567: 2565: 2562: 2558: 2555: 2554: 2553: 2550: 2548: 2545: 2543: 2540: 2539: 2537: 2533: 2529: 2522: 2517: 2515: 2510: 2508: 2503: 2502: 2499: 2487: 2479: 2478: 2475: 2469: 2466: 2464: 2461: 2459: 2456: 2452: 2449: 2448: 2447: 2444: 2443: 2441: 2437: 2431: 2428: 2426: 2423: 2419: 2416: 2415: 2414: 2411: 2409: 2406: 2404: 2401: 2399: 2396: 2395: 2393: 2389: 2383: 2380: 2378: 2375: 2373: 2370: 2368: 2365: 2363: 2360: 2358: 2355: 2353: 2350: 2348: 2345: 2343: 2340: 2338: 2335: 2333: 2330: 2328: 2325: 2323: 2322:Quantum logic 2320: 2318: 2315: 2313: 2310: 2308: 2305: 2303: 2300: 2298: 2295: 2293: 2290: 2288: 2285: 2281: 2278: 2277: 2276: 2273: 2271: 2268: 2266: 2263: 2261: 2258: 2254: 2251: 2250: 2249: 2246: 2244: 2241: 2239: 2236: 2234: 2231: 2230: 2228: 2226: 2222: 2216: 2213: 2211: 2208: 2206: 2203: 2201: 2198: 2196: 2193: 2191: 2188: 2186: 2183: 2181: 2178: 2176: 2175:Quantum chaos 2173: 2171: 2168: 2166: 2163: 2162: 2160: 2158: 2154: 2148: 2145: 2143: 2142:Stern–Gerlach 2140: 2138: 2135: 2133: 2130: 2128: 2125: 2123: 2120: 2118: 2115: 2113: 2110: 2108: 2105: 2103: 2100: 2098: 2095: 2094: 2092: 2088: 2082: 2079: 2077: 2076:Transactional 2074: 2072: 2069: 2067: 2066:Quantum logic 2064: 2062: 2059: 2057: 2054: 2048: 2045: 2044: 2043: 2040: 2039: 2038: 2035: 2033: 2030: 2028: 2025: 2023: 2020: 2018: 2015: 2013: 2010: 2009: 2007: 2005: 2001: 1995: 1992: 1990: 1987: 1985: 1982: 1980: 1977: 1975: 1972: 1970: 1967: 1965: 1962: 1960: 1957: 1956: 1954: 1950: 1944: 1941: 1939: 1936: 1934: 1931: 1929: 1926: 1924: 1921: 1919: 1916: 1914: 1911: 1910: 1908: 1904: 1896: 1893: 1891: 1888: 1887: 1886: 1885:Wave function 1883: 1881: 1878: 1876: 1873: 1871: 1868: 1866: 1863: 1861: 1860:Superposition 1858: 1856: 1855:Quantum state 1853: 1851: 1848: 1846: 1843: 1841: 1838: 1836: 1833: 1831: 1828: 1826: 1823: 1819: 1816: 1814: 1811: 1809: 1808:Excited state 1806: 1804: 1801: 1800: 1799: 1796: 1794: 1791: 1789: 1786: 1784: 1781: 1779: 1776: 1775: 1773: 1769: 1763: 1760: 1758: 1755: 1753: 1750: 1746: 1743: 1742: 1741: 1738: 1736: 1733: 1732: 1730: 1726: 1722: 1715: 1710: 1708: 1703: 1701: 1696: 1695: 1692: 1676: 1673: 1671: 1668: 1667: 1665: 1661: 1655: 1652: 1650: 1647: 1645: 1642: 1640: 1637: 1636: 1634: 1630: 1624: 1621: 1620: 1618: 1614: 1608: 1605: 1603: 1600: 1598: 1595: 1594: 1592: 1588: 1582: 1579: 1577: 1574: 1572: 1569: 1568: 1566: 1562: 1556: 1553: 1551: 1548: 1546: 1543: 1542: 1540: 1536: 1533: 1529: 1519: 1516: 1514: 1511: 1510: 1508: 1504: 1498: 1495: 1494: 1492: 1488: 1482: 1479: 1477: 1474: 1472: 1471:d'Alembertian 1469: 1468: 1466: 1462: 1459: 1455: 1451: 1444: 1439: 1437: 1432: 1430: 1425: 1424: 1421: 1409: 1406: 1404: 1401: 1399: 1396: 1394: 1391: 1389: 1386: 1385: 1383: 1379: 1373: 1370: 1368: 1367:Ocean physics 1365: 1363: 1360: 1358: 1355: 1353: 1350: 1348: 1345: 1343: 1340: 1338: 1335: 1333: 1330: 1328: 1325: 1324: 1322: 1320: 1316: 1310: 1307: 1303: 1302:Modern optics 1300: 1298: 1295: 1293: 1290: 1289: 1288: 1285: 1283: 1280: 1278: 1275: 1273: 1270: 1266: 1263: 1261: 1258: 1257: 1256: 1253: 1252: 1250: 1248: 1244: 1236: 1233: 1231: 1228: 1227: 1226: 1223: 1219: 1216: 1214: 1211: 1210: 1209: 1206: 1204: 1201: 1199: 1196: 1192: 1189: 1187: 1184: 1182: 1179: 1177: 1174: 1173: 1172: 1169: 1168: 1166: 1164: 1160: 1152: 1151:Computational 1149: 1148: 1147: 1144: 1142: 1139: 1138: 1136: 1132: 1124: 1121: 1120: 1119: 1116: 1114: 1111: 1110: 1108: 1104: 1100: 1092: 1087: 1085: 1080: 1078: 1073: 1072: 1069: 1063: 1060: 1057: 1054: 1051: 1048: 1045: 1042: 1040: 1037: 1036: 1032: 1028: 1013: 967: 961: 957: 953: 949: 945: 939: 935: 930: 928:(Wiley 2001). 927: 924: 921: 918: 915: 914:M. S. Zubairy 911: 908: 905: 901: 898: 895: 894:Quantum Noise 891: 887: 884: 881: 878: 877:G. J. Milburn 874: 871: 868: 865: 861: 858: 857: 849: 846: 842: 836: 832: 827: 826: 813: 810:(in German). 809: 802: 787: 781: 766: 760: 745: 739: 732: 727: 720: 715: 707: 701: 697: 690: 686: 675: 674:Valleytronics 672: 670: 667: 665: 662: 660: 657: 655: 652: 650: 647: 645: 642: 640: 637: 635: 634:Optomechanics 632: 630: 627: 625: 622: 620: 617: 616: 611: 605: 600: 593: 591: 587: 583: 579: 575: 571: 567: 563: 559: 555: 551: 542: 540: 536: 531: 529: 525: 522: 518: 513: 511: 507: 503: 499: 495: 491: 487: 483: 479: 475: 470: 468: 464: 459: 457: 453: 449: 445: 441: 436: 432: 428: 424: 419: 417: 413: 409: 405: 401: 397: 393: 389: 386:According to 377: 376:laser cooling 373: 369: 365: 361: 359: 355: 351: 347: 345: 341: 337: 333: 330: 326: 325:Serge Haroche 322: 319: 315: 311: 307: 306: 305: 303: 298: 296: 292: 288: 284: 280: 276: 272: 267: 265: 261: 257: 253: 249: 244: 242: 238: 234: 230: 226: 222: 218: 214: 210: 205: 203: 198: 194: 190: 186: 182: 178: 174: 170: 166: 162: 158: 154: 149: 147: 143: 142:Laser science 139: 135: 131: 127: 123: 119: 115: 111: 107: 103: 99: 95: 91: 88:spectrum by 87: 83: 79: 75: 65: 63: 59: 58:teleportation 55: 51: 47: 43: 39: 33: 19: 3267:Charge qubit 3192:KLM protocol 3168: 3141: 3005: 2995: 2689:Purification 2619:Eastin–Knill 2361: 2205:Quantum mind 2117:Franck–Hertz 1959:Klein–Gordon 1913:Formulations 1906:Formulations 1835:Interference 1825:Entanglement 1803:Ground state 1798:Energy level 1771:Fundamentals 1735:Introduction 1639:Displacement 1571:Total energy 1327:Astrophysics 1141:Experimental 955: 952:F. J. Duarte 933: 925: 916: 910:M. O. Scully 903: 893: 890:Peter Zoller 879: 866: 830: 807: 801: 790:. Retrieved 780: 769:. Retrieved 759: 748:. Retrieved 738: 726: 714: 695: 689: 549: 548: 532: 514: 471: 460: 434: 426: 422: 420: 416:wavefunction 403: 385: 344:John L. Hall 314:John Clauser 310:Alain Aspect 302:Nobel prizes 299: 268: 245: 225:optical trap 206: 150: 145: 134:atom physics 71: 54:entanglement 37: 36: 3298:programming 3277:Phase qubit 3182:Circuit QED 2654:No-deleting 2596:cloud-based 2463:EPR paradox 2243:Quantum bus 2112:Double-slit 2090:Experiments 2056:Many-worlds 1994:Schrödinger 1943:Phase space 1933:Schrödinger 1923:Interaction 1880:Uncertainty 1850:Nonlocality 1845:Measurement 1840:Decoherence 1830:Hamiltonian 1576:Hamiltonian 1538:Fundamental 1230:Statistical 1146:Theoretical 1123:Engineering 873:D. F. Walls 624:Attophysics 574:electronics 535:energy band 528:eigenstates 517:oscillators 461:The use of 358:Carl Wieman 287:atom optics 217:modelocking 213:Q switching 102:Nobel Prize 3386:Categories 3338:libquantum 3272:Flux qubit 3177:Cavity QED 3126:Bacon–Shor 3116:stabilizer 2644:No-cloning 2391:Extensions 2225:Technology 2071:Relational 2022:Copenhagen 1918:Heisenberg 1865:Tunnelling 1728:Background 1497:C-symmetry 1347:Geophysics 1337:Biophysics 1181:Analytical 1134:Approaches 1027:Audio help 1018:2009-08-11 840:052152735X 823:References 792:2015-10-14 771:2015-10-14 750:2015-10-14 537:models of 486:Poissonian 364:Steven Chu 209:ultrashort 177:statistics 112:, and the 106:Niels Bohr 90:Max Planck 52:, such as 3244:NV center 2679:Threshold 2659:No-hiding 2624:Gleason's 2097:Bell test 1952:Equations 1778:Born rule 1490:Particles 1297:Molecular 1198:Acoustics 1191:Continuum 1186:Celestial 1176:Newtonian 1163:Classical 1106:Divisions 860:L. Mandel 562:electrons 490:nonlinear 362:in 1997, 348:in 2001, 334:in 2005, 323:in 2012, 308:in 2022, 295:photonics 140:in 1960. 104:in 1921. 3306:OpenQASM 3282:Transmon 3159:Physical 2959:Quantum 2860:Grover's 2634:Holevo's 2607:Theorems 2557:timeline 2547:NISQ era 2486:Category 2280:Timeline 2032:Ensemble 2012:Bayesian 1974:Majorana 1890:Collapse 1762:Glossary 1745:Timeline 1555:Rotation 1550:Position 1545:Momentum 1056:Quantiki 1029: Â· 954:(2014). 596:See also 521:discrete 425:, where 382:Concepts 300:Several 122:hydrogen 114:spectrum 78:momentum 3296:Quantum 3234:Kane QC 3093:Quantum 3021:Quantum 2950:PostBQP 2920:Quantum 2905:Simon's 2698:Quantum 2535:General 2439:Related 2418:History 2157:Science 1989:Rydberg 1740:History 1654:Squeeze 1602:Orbital 1531:Quantum 1457:General 1381:Related 1265:General 1260:Special 1118:Applied 1016: ( 987:minutes 864:E. Wolf 566:photons 554:physics 519:with a 429:is the 400:photons 398:called 82:photons 68:History 46:photons 3397:Optics 3314:IBM QX 3310:Qiskit 3249:NMR QC 3227:-based 3131:Steane 3102:Codes 2900:Shor's 2806:SARG04 2614:Bell's 2132:Popper 1632:Optics 1564:Energy 1476:Parity 1292:Atomic 1247:Modern 1097:Major 962:  940:  837:  702:  654:Optics 406:, the 254:, and 197:Kimble 171:, and 126:matter 74:energy 3136:Toric 2579:Qubit 2042:Local 1984:Pauli 1964:Dirac 1597:Total 1050:Qwiki 912:and 681:Notes 582:laser 500:- or 498:super 482:laser 452:maser 448:laser 153:Dirac 120:from 3328:Cirq 3319:Quil 3225:Spin 3121:Shor 2801:BB84 2734:LOCC 1969:Weyl 1607:Spin 1481:Time 1218:Wave 1113:Pure 960:ISBN 938:ISBN 888:and 875:and 835:ISBN 700:ISBN 588:and 433:and 374:for 370:and 356:and 342:and 327:and 316:and 235:and 215:and 136:and 76:and 56:and 3142:gnu 3106:CSS 2983:XEB 2945:QMA 2940:QIP 2935:EQP 2930:BQP 2910:VQE 2865:HHL 2669:PBR 1213:Ray 289:), 227:or 155:in 116:of 3388:: 3333:Q# 985:10 892:, 862:, 592:. 469:. 458:. 423:hf 366:, 352:, 338:, 312:, 297:. 273:, 266:. 250:, 243:. 167:, 163:, 159:, 64:. 3321:– 3312:– 3308:– 3009:2 3006:T 2999:1 2996:T 2520:e 2513:t 2506:v 1713:e 1706:t 1699:v 1442:e 1435:t 1428:v 1090:e 1083:t 1076:v 1033:) 1025:( 1020:) 989:) 982:( 968:. 946:. 843:. 814:. 795:. 774:. 753:. 708:. 435:f 427:h 404:c 34:. 20:)

Index

Quantum electronics
Quantum Electronics (journal)
atomic, molecular, and optical physics
photons
quantum mechanics
entanglement
teleportation
quantum information processing
energy
momentum
photons
blackbody radiation
Max Planck
photoelectric effect
Albert Einstein
Nobel Prize
Niels Bohr
quantized energy levels of atoms
spectrum
discharge emission
hydrogen
matter
quantum mechanics
atom physics
quantum electronics
Laser science
Dirac
quantum field theory
John R. Klauder
George Sudarshan

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