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Quantum physics and introduction to qunatum information

Language of instruction angličtina, čeština
Code 653-3174
Abbreviation KFUKI
Course title Quantum physics and introduction to qunatum information
Coordinating department Department of Materials Engineering and Recycling
Course coordinator Ing. Dalibor Javůrek, Ph.D.

Summary

The course provides students with knowledge of non-relativistic quantum physics. It focuses mainly on interaction of electromagnetic radiation with two-level atom and marginaly on quantum computers, qunatum information and theory of qunatum coherence. The subject builds upon knowladge obtained in subject Introduction to qunatum mechanics.

Literature

[1] Albert Messiah. Quantum mechanics. Dover Publications, 2014. isbn: 9780486409245 .
[2] Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Bernard Diu a Frank Laloë. Quantum Mecha-
nics, Volume 1: Basic Concepts, Tools, and Applications, 2nd Edition. New
York: Wiley-VCH, 2019. isbn: 3527345531 .
[3] Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Bernard Diu a Frank Laloë. Quantum Mechanics,
Volume 2: Angular Momentum, Spin, and Approximation Methods, 2nd
Edition. New York: Wiley-VCH, 2019. isbn: 352734554X .
[4] Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Bernard Diu a Frank Laloë. Quantum Mechanics,
Volume 3: Fermions, Bosons, Photons, Correlations, and Entanglement,
1st Edition. New York: Wiley-VCH, 2019. isbn: 3527345558 .
[5] Pierre Meystre and Murray Sargent. Elements of Quantum Optics, 4th Edi-
tion. Berlin Heidelberg 2007: Springer, 2007. isbn: 978-3-540-74211-1 .

Advised literature

[1] William Henry Louisell. Quantum Statistical Properties of Radiation. New
York: Wiley-VCH, 1990. isbn: 0471523658 .
[2] J. J. Sakurai and Jim Napolitano. Modern Quantum Mechanics, 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press, 2017. ISBN: 9781108422413 
[3] Mark Fox. Quantum Optics: An Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN: 9780198566731
[4] Harry Paul. Introduction to Quantum Optics: From Light Quanta to Quantum Teleportation. Cambridge University Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780521835633