An introduction to quantum optics : photon and biphoton physics /

Shih, Yanhua,

An introduction to quantum optics : photon and biphoton physics / Yanhua Shih, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA. - xix, 464 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Series in optics and optoelectronics .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electromagnetic wave theory and measurement of light -- Coherence property of light : the state of the radiation -- Diffraction and propagation -- Optical imaging -- First-order coherence of light -- Second-order coherence of light -- Homodyne detection and heterodyne detection of light -- Quantum theory of light : field quantization and measurement -- Quantum theory of optical coherence -- Quantum entanglement -- Quantum imaging -- Two-photon interferometry--I: biphoton interference -- Two-photon interferometry--II: quantum interference of chaotic-thermal light -- Bell's theorem and Bell's inequality measurement.

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