Semiconductor Quantum Optics

The emerging field of semiconductor quantum optics combines semiconductor physics and quantum optics, with the aim of developing quantum devices with unprecedented performance. In this book researchers and graduate students alike will reach a new level of understanding to begin conducting state-of-the-art investigations. The book combines theoretical methods from quantum optics and solid-state physics to give a consistent microscopic description of light-matter- and many-body-interaction effects in low-dimensional semiconductor nanostructures. It develops the systematic theory needed to treat semiconductor quantum-optical effects, such as strong light-matter coupling, light-matter entanglement, squeezing, as well as quantum-optical semiconductor spectroscopy. Detailed derivations of key equations help readers learn the techniques and nearly 300 exercises help test their understanding of the materials covered. The book is accompanied by a website hosted by the authors, containing further discussions on topical issues, latest trends and publications on the field. The link can be found at www.cambridge.org/9780521875097. Content: Front Matter • Preface • Table of Contents 1. Central Concepts in Classical Mechanics 2. Central Concepts in Classical Electromagnetism 3. Central Concepts in Quantum Mechanics 4. Central Concepts in Stationary Quantum Theory 5. Central Concepts in Measurement Theory 6. Wigner's Phase-Space Representation 7. Hamiltonian Formulation of Classical Electrodynamics 8. System Hamiltonian of Classical Electrodynamics 9. System Hamiltonian in the Generalized Coulomb Gauge 10. Quantization of Light and Matter 11. Quasiparticles in Semiconductors 12. Band Structure of Solids 13. Interactions in Semiconductors 14. Generic Quantum Dynamics 15. Cluster-Expansion Representation of the Quantum Dynamics 16. Simple Many-Body Systems 17. Hierarchy Problem for Dipole Systems 18. Two-Level Approximation for Optical Transitions 19. Self-Consistent Extension of the Two-Level Approach 20. Dissipative Extension of the Two-Level Approach 21. Quantum-Optical Extension of the Two-Level Approach 22. Quantum Dynamics of Two-Level System 23. Spectroscopy and Quantum-Optical Correlations 24. General Aspects of Semiconductor Optics 25. Introductory Semiconductor Optics 26. Maxwell-Semiconductor Bloch Equations 27. Coherent vs. Incoherent Excitons 28. Semiconductor Luminescence Equations 29. Many-Body Aspects of Excitonic Luminescence 30. Advanced Semiconductor Quantum Optics Appendix: Conservation Laws for the Transfer Matrix Index "The emerging field of semiconductor quantum optics combines semiconductor physics and quantum optics, with the aim of developing quantum devices with unprecedented performance. In this book researchers and graduate students alike will reach a new level of understanding to begin conducting state-of-the-art investigations. The book combines theoretical methods from quantum optics and solid-state physics to give a consistent microscopic description of light-matter- and many-body-interaction effects in low-dimensional semiconductor nanostructures. It develops the systematic theory needed to treat semiconductor quantum-optical effects, such as strong light-matter coupling, light-matter entanglement, squeezing, as well as quantum-optical semiconductor spectroscopy. Detailed derivations of key equations help readers learn the techniques and nearly 300 exercises help test their understanding of the materials covered. The book is accompanied by a website hosted by the authors, containing further discussions on topical issues, latest trends and publications on the field. The link can be found at www.cambridge.org/9780521875097"-- Résumé de l'éditeur "The emerging field of semiconductor quantum optics combines semiconductor physics and quantum optics, with the aim of developing quantum devices with unprecedented performance. In this book researchers and graduate students alike will reach a new level of understanding to begin conducting state-of-the-art investigations. The book combines theoretical methods from quantum optics and solid-state physics to give a consistent microscopic description of light-matter- and many-body-interaction effects in low-dimensional semiconductor nanostructures. It develops the systematic theory needed to treat semiconductor quantum-optical effects, such as strong light-matter coupling, light-matter entanglement, squeezing, as well as quantum-optical semiconductor spectroscopy. Detailed derivations of key equations help readers learn the techniques and nearly 300 exercises help test their understanding of the materials covered. The book is accompanied by a website hosted by the authors, containing further discussions on topical issues, latest trends and publications on the field. The link can be found at www.cambridge.org/9780521875097"-- Provided by publisher "The emerging field of semiconductor quantum optics combines semiconductor physics and quantum optics, with the aim of developing quantum devices with unprecedented performance. In this book researchers and graduate students alike will reach a new level of understanding to begin conducting state-of-the-art investigations. The book combines theoretical methods from quantum optics and solid-state physics to give a consistent microscopic description of light-matter- and many-body-interaction effects in low dimensional semiconductor nanostructures. It develops the systematic theory needed to treat semiconductor quantum-optical effects, such as strong light-matter coupling, light-matter entanglement, squeezing, as well as quantum-optical semiconductor spectroscopy. Detailed derivations of key equations help readers learn the techniques and nearly 300 exercises help test their understanding of the materials covered"-- Provided by publisher Combining methods from quantum optics and solid-state physics to give researchers and graduate students a deeper understanding of the subject