Enrollment into the program.
Quantum Optics
2025/2026
Programme:
Physics, Second Cycle
Orientation:
Meteorology
Year:
2 year
Semester:
first
Kind:
optional
ECTS:
5
Language:
slovenian, english
Course director:
Lecturer (contact person):
Hours per week – 1. semester:
Lectures
2
Seminar
0
Tutorial
1
Lab
0
Content (Syllabus outline)
Electromagnetic field quantization, photonic representation, coherent states. Observables, photon counting, correlation functions and coherence.
Field representation with quantum distribution functions.
Light – atoms interactions. Dressed states and quantum Rabi oscillations.
Resonant fluorescence.
Compressed states and optical parameter amplification.
Interaction with reservoir, densiti matrix time evolution.
Quantum theory of lasers.
Entangeled states, Bell's inequalities, quantum codeing.
Readings
L. Mandel and E. Wolf, Optical coherence and quantum optics, Cambridge University Press, 1995
R. Loudon, The Quantum Theory of Light, 3rd ed., Oxford University Press 2000.
A. Peres, Quantum Theory: Concepts and Methods, Springer Netherlands, 2002
A list of references to relevant scientific publications will be provided in the lecture notes.
Objectives and competences
Getting acquinted with quantum description of light and its detection and with important concepts of modern quantum optics and quantum communication.
Intended learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding:
Knowledge of basic concepts and methods of optical coherence, quantum optics and quantum communication. Familiarity with the quantum description of the electromagnetic field.
Application:
Acquired knowledge is the basis for quantum electrodynamics, quantum optomechanics, quantum communication and quantum sensing.
Reflection:
Deeper understanding of quantum physics with examples from quantum electrodynamics, the interaction between light and matter, entanglement, and applications of quantum optics.
Transferable skills:
Quantum harmonic oscillator, operator equations, coherence properties, high precision measuring techniques.
Learning and teaching methods
Lectures, numerical exercises, homework, seminars, consultations.
Assessment
grading: 5 (fail), 6-10 (pass) (according to the Statute of UL)
Final written exam and graded presentations during the course
Oral exam
Lecturer's references
Rainer Oliver Kaltenbaek
- ASPELMEYER, Markus, KALTENBAEK, Rainer, et al. Long-distance free-space distribution of quantum entanglement. Science, ISSN 1095-9203, 1 August 2003, vol. 301, no. 5633, str. 621-623. https://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/301/5633/62full.pdf, doi: 10.1126/science.1085593. [COBISS-SI-ID 924545]
- URSIN, Rupert, KALTENBAEK, Rainer, et al. Quantum teleportation across the Danube. Nature, ISSN 0028-0836. [Print ed.], vol. 430, 19 August 2004, str. 849. [COBISS-SI-ID 924289]
- KALTENBAEK, Rainer, , LAVOIE, Jonathan, Zeng, Bei, Bartlett, Steven D., RESCH, Kevin J. Optical one-way quantum computing with a simulated valence-bond solid. Nature physics, ISSN 1745-2473, 2010, vol. 6, no. 11, str. 850, doi: 10.1038/nphys1777. [COBISS-SI-ID 3364452]
- BELENCHIA, Alessio, GASBARRI, Giulio, KALTENBAEK, Rainer, ULBRICHT, Hendrik, PATERNOSTRO, Mauro. Talbot-Lau effect beyond the point-particle approximation. Physical review. A, ISSN 2469-9926, 2019, vol. 100, iss. 3, str. 033813-1-033813-12, ilustr., doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.100.033813. [COBISS-SI-ID 3356516]
- JOSHI, Siddarth Koduru, KALTENBAEK, Rainer, et al., Space QUEST topical team. Space QUEST mission proposal: experimentally testing decoherence due to gravity. New journal of physics, ISSN 1367-2630. [Online ed.], June 2018, vol. 20, art. no. 063016, 21 str., ilustr. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1367-2630/aac58b/pdf, doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/aac58b. [COBISS-SI-ID 3356772]
