The ground state and first seven excited states of the quantum harmonic oscillator, as examined in Lectures 4 through 8. (Image in the public domain, courtesy of Allen McC. on Wikipedia.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Jeffrey Shapiro
MIT Course Number
6.453
As Taught In
Fall 2016
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
6.453 Quantum Optical Communication is one of a collection of MIT classes that deals with aspects of an emerging field known as quantum information science. This course covers Quantum Optics, Single-Mode and Two-Mode Quantum Systems, Multi-Mode Quantum Systems, Nonlinear Optics, and Quantum System Theory.
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