Quantum Atom Optics
Theory and Applications to Quantum Technology

This modern text offers a self-contained introduction to the fundamentals of quantum atom optics and atomic many-body matter wave systems.

Tim Byrnes (Author), Ebubechukwu O. Ilo-Okeke (Author)

9781108838597, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 5 August 2021

300 pages
26.2 x 18.5 x 1.8 cm, 0.68 kg

'… anyone concerned with how quantum physics affects computation and communication technologies will profit from reading this book.' Christian Brosseau, Optics and Photonics News

The rapid development of quantum technologies has driven a revolution in related research areas such as quantum computation and communication, and quantum materials. The first prototypes of functional quantum devices are beginning to appear, frequently created using ensembles of atoms, which allow the observation of sensitive, quantum effects, and have important applications in quantum simulation and matter wave interferometry. This modern text offers a self-contained introduction to the fundamentals of quantum atom optics and atomic many-body matter wave systems. Assuming a familiarity with undergraduate quantum mechanics, this book will be accessible for graduate students and early career researchers moving into this important new field. A detailed description of the underlying theory of quantum atom optics is given, before development of the key, quantum, technological applications, such as atom interferometry, quantum simulation, quantum metrology, and quantum computing.

Preface. Foreword. 1. Quantum many-body systems
2. Bose-Einstein condensation
3. The Order Parameter and Gross-Pitaevskii equation
4. Spin dynamics of atoms
5. Spinor Bose-Einstein condensates
6. Diffraction of atoms using standing wave light
7. Atom interferometry
8. Atom interferometry beyond the standard quantum limit
9. Quantum simulation
10. Entanglement between atom ensembles
11. Quantum information processing with atomic ensembles. Notes. References. Index.

Subject Areas: Quantum physics [quantum mechanics & quantum field theory PHQ], Optical physics [PHJ], Condensed matter physics [liquid state & solid state physics PHFC]