Quantum Optics for Engineers

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Preface

Author

1.    Introduction

1.1    Introduction

1.2    Brief Historical Perspective

1.3    Principles of Quantum Mechanics

1.4    The Feynman Lectures on Physics

1.5    Photon

1.6    Quantum Optics

1.7    Quantum Optics for Engineers

References

2.    Planck’s Quantum Energy Equation

2.1    Introduction

2.2    Planck’s Equation and Wave Optics

References

3.    Uncertainty Principle

3.1    Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle

3.2    Wave–Particle Duality

3.3    Feynman Approximation

3.3.1    Example

3.4    Interferometric Approximation

3.5    Minimum Uncertainty Principle

3.6    Generalized Uncertainty Principle

3.7    Additional Versions of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle

3.7.1    Example

3.8    Applications ...