Description
This book presents the latest results in the most fundamental field of quantum state preparation and control. At this unique conference researchers, both from the academic and industrial world, presented their work. A variety of crucial experiments under controlled, novel conditions, and theoretical checks from novel points of view are reported. Highlighted are new schemes for quantum interference, single particle behaviour, gravitational waves, electron holography and semiconductor microlasers. Containing all the recent results available in the field, this volume points the direction for further experimental and theoretical work in the foundations of physics.
Chapter
Welcome address
pp.:
18 – 20
Chapter 1. Problems of Quantum Control and Measurement
pp.:
20 – 26
Chapter 2. Controlling Entanglement in Quantum Optics
pp.:
26 – 40
Chapter 3. Proposed GHZ Experiments Using Cascades of Down-Conversions
pp.:
40 – 46
Chapter 4. Events, Histories, Irreversibility
pp.:
46 – 50
Chapter 5. Solving quantum mysteries with simple models
pp.:
50 – 52
Chapter 6. The EPR paradox, physical realism and Lorentz-invariance
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52 – 58
Chapter 7. Is there a correspondence principle in quantum optics?
pp.:
58 – 68
Chapter 8. Quantum jumps of scattering phases and of vectorial and tensorial states in atomic collision physics
pp.:
68 – 78
Chapter 9. Present experimental status of the Einstein-de Broglie theory of light
pp.:
78 – 90
Chapter 10. Probability from fluctuation— separation of the time scale
pp.:
90 – 98
Chapter 11. The Action Uncertainty Principle in Quantum Continuous Measurements
pp.:
98 – 104
Chapter 12. Non-relativistic sum over paths on real-spacetime lattice
pp.:
104 – 110
Chapter 13. Decoherence of wave packets under inelastic scattering
pp.:
110 – 116
Chapter 14. The Schrödinger wave is observable after all!
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116 – 124
Chapter 15. Quantum measurement in quantum optics- New Light on the Nature of Darkness
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124 – 130
Chapter 16. Single Atoms in Cavities
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130 – 142
Chapter 17. Quantum state control in semiconductor pn junctions
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142 – 154
Chapter 18. Squeezed vacuum from a semiconductor laser
pp.:
154 – 160
Chapter 19. Photon antibunching of pulsed squeezed light
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160 – 166
Chapter 20. Control of spontaneous emission in semiconductor microlasers
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166 – 172
Chapter 21. Sub-Quantum-Limit Interferometry
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172 – 178
Chapter 22. Interaction of vacuum field fluctuations with electron system in a microcavity
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178 – 184
Chapter 23. Combined quantum control of electron- and photon-system in semiconductor microcavities
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184 – 186
Chapter 24. Precision control of an external resonant doubler for fourth harmonic generation (FHG) of a Nd:YAG laser
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186 – 190
Chapter 25. Controlling a macroscopic quantum state by light shining
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190 – 196
Chapter 26. Quantum nondemolition measurements using electromagnetically induced transparency
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196 – 202
Chapter 27. Quantum Nondemolition Measurements via Soliton Collisions
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202 – 208
Chapter 28. First-kind measurements, non-demolition measurements, and conservation laws
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208 – 214
Chapter 29. Quantum Optical Aspects on Single Atom Manipulation by a Photon STM Probe
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214 – 220
Chapter 30. The Interaction of Mechanical and e.m. Systems on the Level of Quantum Ground States
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220 – 226
Chapter 31. Problems in the Laser Interferometric Detection of Gravitational Waves
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226 – 234
Chapter 32. Control of Fabry-Perot Cavities Used in a Laser Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detector
pp.:
234 – 240
Chapter 33. Postselection of quantum states in neutron interferometry
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240 – 248
Chapter 34. Multilayer mirror interferometer for very cold neutrons
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248 – 254
Chapter 35. The Scalar Aharonov-Bohm Effect - An Experiment with Neutrons
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254 – 260
Chapter 36. Dynamics of a Neutron in Electromagnetic Fields and the Quantum Phase Interference
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260 – 268
Chapter 37. Ultra-fine measurements using electron holography
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268 – 278
Chapter 38. On the possibility of small phase difference measurements by means of three-beam electron interferometry
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278 – 288
Chapter 39. Theory of the point source electron microscope
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288 – 294
Chapter 40. Novel Applications of a Miniaturized, Rugged UHV-Interferometer for Charged Particles
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294 – 304
Chapter 41. Electron holography in Tubingen - Recent progress at high resolution
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304 – 306
Chapter 42. Double-slit atom interferometry as a demonstration of quantum mechanical measurements
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306 – 312
Chapter 43. Neutral atom interferometry
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312 – 314
Chapter 44. Diffractive scattering of a helium molecular beam from a metal surfacecovered with mono-atomic layers
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314 – 320
Chapter 45. Quantum chaos: creation of a new research field ?
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320 – 330
Chapter 46. Summary
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330 – 332
Chapter 47. Remarks at the End of the Conference at Advanced Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd., August 1992
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332 – 334
List of participants
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334 – 342
AUTHOR INDEX
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342 – 344