Basics for quantum optics and interferometry, theory of quantum mechanical distribution functions, Wigner function, Q - Function, P-function, squeezed states, optical interferometry. Interference of single photons and of coherent beams, quantum-mechanical description of the beam splitter, two photons and beam splitter (Hong-Ou-Mandel-Effect), Mach-Zehnder interferometer, coherence functions, entanglement, complementarity.
Lecture, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018, 13.00-14.30 h, Seminary room, Atomic Institute
1) Book: Martin Suda: "Quantum Interferometry in Phase Space - Theory and Applications", Springer - Verlag, 2006
2) Additional lecture notes for this course are available: "Coherence, complementarity and entanglement in photon interferometry" (Oct. 2010).
3) The Harmonic Oscillator and Feynman's Path Integrals (Oct. 2018)
