This book is an up-to-date introduction to the quantum theory of measurement. Although the main principles of the field were elaborated in the 1930s by Bohr, Schrödinger, Heisenberg, von Neuman, and Mandelstam, it was not until the 1980s that technology became sufficiently advanced to allow its application in real experiments. Quantum measurement is now central to many ultra-high technology developments, such as "squeezed light," single atom traps, and searches for gravitational radiation. It is also considered to have great promise for computer science and engineering, particularly for its applications in information processing and transfer. The book begins with a brief introduction to the relevant theory and goes on to discuss all aspects of the design of practical quantum measurement systems.
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"...applies all the tools of classical and quantum measurement to the measurement of small forces. The tools include evolution operators, eigenstates, density matrices, correlation functions, noise spectral densities and hetero- and homodyne detection....the ideas, all subtle, fundamental and useful, are the original work of the authors....will provide easy-to-understand examples for the quantum mechanics texts of the future, and it will influence the direction of research in quantum mechanics." Donald Scarl, Physics Today
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Central to many ultra-high technology developments, quantum measurement is also considered to have great promise for applications in computer science and engineering, particularly in information processing and transfer. This introduction considers all aspects of the design of practical quantum measurement systems.
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In the standard, textbook treatment of quantum mechanics, the contact with experiment is described in terms of probabilities for obtaining this, that, or another result, when identical experiments are performed on a huge number (ensemble) of identical objects. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
monophotonic state, quantum probe, standard quantum limit, capacity transducer, probe oscillator, minimum detectable force, input susceptibility, linear measuring device, orthogonal measurements, stroboscopic measurement, nonclassical states, probe wave, electromagnetic resonator, electromagnetic pressure, traveling electromagnetic wave, measured object, classical force, quantum object, measured observable, internal fluctuations, amplitude detection, minimum perturbation, mechanical oscillator, quantum measurements, initial wave function Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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In the standard, textbook treatment of quantum mechanics, the contact with experiment is described in terms of probabilities for obtaining this, that, or another result, when identical experiments are performed on a huge number (ensemble) of identical objects. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
monophotonic state, quantum probe, standard quantum limit, capacity transducer, probe oscillator, minimum detectable force, input susceptibility, linear measuring device, orthogonal measurements, stroboscopic measurement, nonclassical states, probe wave, electromagnetic resonator, electromagnetic pressure, traveling electromagnetic wave, measured object, classical force, quantum object, measured observable, internal fluctuations, amplitude detection, minimum perturbation, mechanical oscillator, quantum measurements, initial wave function Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Quantum Optics (Springer Study Edition) by D.F. Walls in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Theory of Relativity: & Other Essays by Albert Einstein in Back Matter
- Quantum Theory and Measurement (Princeton Series in Physics) by John Archibald Wheeler in Front Matter
- Albert Einstein, Philosopher-Scientist: The Library of Living Philosophers Volume VII by Paul Arthur Schilpp in Back Matter
- The Principles of Nonlinear Optics (Wiley Classics Library) by Y. R. Shen in Back Matter
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- Quantum Fluctuations, Volume 63 (Les Houches) by S. Reynaud on 4 pages
- The Theory of Open Quantum Systems by Heinz-Peter Breuer in Front Matter, and page 104
- Atom- und Quantenphysik: Einführung in die experimentellen und theoretischen Grundlagen (Springer-Lehrbuch) (German Edition) by Hermann Haken in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Quantum Measurement of a Single System by Orly Alter on page 112, and Back Matter
- From Micro to Macro Quantum Systems: A Unified Formalism With Superselection Rules And Its Applications by K. Kong Wan on page 331, and Back Matter
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