Confined Photon Systems
Subtitle: Fundamentals and Applications (Lecture Notes in Physics)
Contributors: Henri Benisty (Editor); Jean-Michel Gerard (Editor); Romuald Houdre (Editor); John Rarity (Editor); Claude Weisbuch (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: November 23, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9783540664352
Subjects: Applied optics; Electricity, magnetism & electromagnetism; Industrial applications of scientific research & technological innovation; Particle & high-energy physics; Quantum physics (quantum mechanics); Semiconductor Physics; Solid State Physics; Science; Science/Mathematics; Electromagnetism; Optics; Physics; Low-dimensional photonic systems; Electricity; Quantum Theory; Congresses; Optical properties; Photons; Quantum electronics; Semiconductors
Description: 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.