Confined Photon Systems: Fundamentals and Applications (Lecture Notes in Physics) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3540664351 ISBN 13: 9783540664352

Publisher: Springer, 1999

Synopsis

This set of lecture notes provides a detailed and up-to-date description of a field undergoing explosive growth, that of confined photon systems in the shape of microcavities or photonic crystals. Bringing together world leaders in the field, it provides all the basic tools needed to master a subject which will have both major impact in fundamental studies and widescale applications. Confined photon systems enable the study of low-dimensional photonic systems, modified light-matter interaction, e.g. between excitons and photons in all-solid-state semiconductor microcavities, and of many phenomena of quantum optics, including single photon generation, squeezed light, quantum state entanglement, non-local quantum measurements, and, potentially, quantum computation. They are also on the verge of yielding new, high performance optical devices for large-scale industries such as telecommunications and display technology.

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Confined photon system such as microcavities and photonic crystals are currently of great interest, both in terms of fundamental physics and as a result of potential applications. They enable the study of low-dimensional photonic systems, modified light-matter interaction, e.g. between excitons and photons in all-solid-state semiconductor microcavities, and of many phenomena of quantum optics, including single photon generation, squeezed light, quantum state entanglement, non-local quantum measurements, and, potentially, quantum computation. They are also on the verge of yielding new, high performance optical devices for large-scale industries such as telecommunications and display technology. The lectures in this book are organized in a didactic fashion, with a group of in-depth introductory lectures followed by more specialist contributions detailing particular applications of confined photon systems.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540664351
• ISBN 13: 9783540664352
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 502
• Editor: Benisty Henri, Gerard Jean-Michel, Houdre Romuald, Rarity John, Weisbuch Claude