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IntroductionOptical eavesdropping tap, action at a distance, and long-distance quantum state transmission | (PDF) | (PDF) |
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Dirac-notation quantum mechanicsQuantum systems, states as ket vectors, state evolution via Schrödinger's equation, and quantum measurements | (PDF) | (PDF) |
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Dirac-notation quantum mechanics (cont.)Quantum measurement statistics, Schrödinger picture versus Heisenberg picture, and Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle | (PDF) | (PDF) |
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Quantum harmonic oscillatorQuantization of a classical LC circuit, annihilation and creation operators, and energy eigenstates | (PDF) | (PDF) |
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Quantum harmonic oscillator (cont.)Measurement statistics and transition to the classical limit of noiseless oscillation | (PDF) | (PDF) |
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Quantum harmonic oscillator (cont.)Quadrature-representation wave functions, minimum uncertainty-product states, squeezed states and their measurement statistics | (PDF) | (PDF) |
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Quantum harmonic oscillator (cont.)Quadrature measurement statistics and phase space, characteristic functions and Wigner distribution, and positive operator-valued measurement of â | (PDF) | (PDF) |
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Quantum harmonic oscillator (cont.)Positive operator-valued measurement Single-mode photodetectionContrasting semiclassical and quantum theories of direct detection and balanced homodyne detection in ideal photodetectors | (PDF) | (PDF) |
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Single-mode photodetection (cont.)Optical heterodyne detection and the â positive operator-valued measurement | (PDF) | (PDF) |
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Single-mode photodetection (cont.)Signatures of non-classical light and the squeezed-state waveguide tap | (PDF) | (PDF) |
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Single-mode photodetection (cont.)Single-mode photodetection with inefficient detectors Single-mode linear systemsClassical and quantum theories of linear attenuation and linear amplification | (PDF) | (PDF) |
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Single-mode and two-mode linear systemsQuantum mechanics of attenuators and amplifiers; phase-insensitive and phase-sensitive amplifiers | (PDF) | (PDF) |
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Two mode linear systems (cont.)Dual parametric amplifier, photon twins, and entanglement Four-mode quantum systemsPolarization entanglement and qubit teleportation | (PDF) | (PDF) |
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TeleportationPolarization entanglement and qubit teleportation; and quadrature entanglement and continuous-variable teleportation | (PDF) | (PDF) |
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Teleportation (cont.)Continuous-variable teleportation | (PDF) | (PDF) |
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Quantum cryptographyOne-time pad classical cryptography, Bennett-Brassard 1984 quantum key distribution protocol, Clauser-Home-Shimony-Holt form of Bell's inequality, and Ekert protocol quantum key distribution | (PDF) | (PDF) |
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Quantization of the electromagnetic fieldMaxwell's equations, plane-wave mode expansions, and multi-mode number states and coherent states | (PDF) | (PDF) |
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Continuous-time photodetectionPoisson shot-noise semiclassical model, photon-flux operator measurement quantum model, and direct-detection signatures of non-classical light | (PDF) | (PDF) |
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Continuous-time photodetection (cont.)Noise spectral densities in direct detection, semiclassical and quantum theories of coherent detection, and coherent-detection signatures of non-classical light | (PDF) | (PDF) |
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Nonlinear opticsMaxwell's equations with a nonlinear polarization, coupled-mode equations for parametric downconversion, phase-matching for efficient interactions, and classical theory of optical parametric amplification in second-order nonlinear crystals | (PDF) | (PDF) |
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Nonlinear optics (cont.)Coupled-mode equations for parametric downconversion, continuous-time field operator theory of spontaneous parametric downconversion and Gaussian-state characterization | (PDF) | (PDF) |
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Quantum signatures from parametric interactionsQuantum interference, photon indistinguishability, Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometry, the biphoton, generation of polarization entanglement, photon twins from an optical parametric amplifier | (PDF) | (PDF) |
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More quantum optical applicationsBinary optical communication with squeezed states, phase-sensing interferometry with squeezed states, super-dense coding with entangled states, and quantum lithography with "N00N" states | (PDF) | (PDF) |