Hi,
FYI: I will be offering 6.453, Quantum Optical Communication, in Fall 2016 but not in
Fall 2017.
Jeff Shapiro
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6.453 Quantum Optical Communication
Prereq: 6.011, 18.06
Acad Year 2016-2017: G (Fall)
3-0-9
Quantum optics: Dirac notation quantum mechanics; harmonic oscillator quantization; number
states, coherent states, and squeezed states; radiation field quantization and quantum
field propagation; P-representation and classical fields. Linear loss and linear
amplification: commutator preservation and the Uncertainty Principle; beam splitters;
phase-insensitive and phase-sensitive amplifiers. Quantum photodetection: direct
detection, heterodyne detection, and homodyne detection. Second-order nonlinear optics:
phasematched interactions; optical parametric amplifiers; generation of squeezed states,
photon-twin beams, non-classical fourth-order interference, and polarization entanglement.
Quantum systems theory: optimum binary detection; quantum precision measurements; quantum
cryptography; and quantum teleportation.
J. H. Shapiro
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Jeffrey H. Shapiro
Julius A. Stratton Professor
of Electrical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room 36-517
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
Phone: 617-253-4179
Fax: 617-324-3633
email: jhs@mit.edu<mailto:jhs@mit.edu>
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