[QIP-Sem] MIT Quantum Information Processing Course Announcement

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6.453 Quantum Optical Communication (Prof. Jeffrey H. Shapiro, Instructor)

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Prereq: 6.011 and 18.06
Acad Year 2003-2004:  G(Fall)
Acad Year 2004-2005:  Not offered
3-0-9 H-LEVEL Grad Credit
Lecture::  MW9:30-11, Room 8-404 (NOT 36-112, as shown in the catalog)
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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 photdetection:  direct detection, heterodyne detection, and homodyne detection.  Second-order nonlinear optics: phase-matched 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.

Term Paper required.