This book explains what quantum states of light look like. Of special interest, a single photon state is explained by using a wave picture, showing that it corresponds to the complementarity of a quantum. Also explained is how light waves are created by photons, again corresponding to the complementarity of a quantum. The author shows how an optical wave is created by superposition of a "vacuum" and a single photon as a typical example. Moreover, squeezed states of light are explained as "longitudinal" waves of light and Schrödinger's cat states as macroscopic superposition states.
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1. Quantum states of light. - 1-1 Quantum optics. - 1-2 Coherent states. - 1-3 Balanced homodyne measurements. - 1-4 Single-photon state. - 1-5 Fock states. - 1-6 Super position of a vacuum and a single photon. - 1-7 Coherent states and Schrodinger's cat states. - 1-8 Wigner function. - 1-9 Super position of a vacuum and a two-photon state. - 1-10 Squeezed states. - 1-11 Squeezing operation. - 1-12 Quantum entanglement. - 2. Generation of quantum states of light. - 2-1 Generation of coherent states. - 2-2 Generation of squeezed states. - 2-3 Generation of a single-photon state. - 2-4 Generation of Schrodinger's cat states. - 2-5 Generation of superposition of Fock states. - 2-6 Generation of quantum entanglement. - 3. Quantum operations for quantum states of light. - 3-1 Various quantum operations. - 3-2 Quantum teleportation. - 3-3 Quantum gate teleportation.
