Instructor:
Oskar Painter, Rm. 266 Watson, opainter (at) caltech (dot) edu.
Place and Time:
Tu 14:30-16:00, Th 14:30-16:00, 104 Watson.
Course Syllabus, Policies, and Schedule:
APh_150b_2016_17_QMC_CS (pdf)
TA:
Arian Jadbabaie, Rm. 275 Watson, ajadbaba (at) caltech (dot) edu.
Office Hours:
O. Painter: Tuesday evenings, 4-5pm, 266 Watson (or by appointment).
A. Jadbabaie: Wednesday evenings, 6-7pm, 275 Watson.
Textbooks:
“Quantum Measurement and Control,” by Howard M. Wiseman and Gerard J. Milburn (WM2010). Caltech ebook: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511813948
“Quantum Measurement Theory and its Applications,” by Kurt Jacobs. Caltech ebook: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139179027
Software:
“A Computation Toolbox for Quantum and Atomic Optics,” originally by Sze M. Tan [QuTip]
Homework and Handouts:
Week 1: Jan. 5 (OM)
HW#1, due 1/12/2017 (pdf).
Week 2: Jan. 10 (lecture #1), Jan. 12 (no lecture)
Week 3: Jan. 17 (lecture #2), Jan. 19 (lecture #3)
HW#2, due 1/24/2017 (pdf).
Week 4: Jan. 24 (lecture #4), Jan. 26 (lecture #5)
HW#3, due 2/2/2017 (pdf).
Gleyzes, et al., “Quantum jumps of light recording the birth and death of a photon in a cavity,” Nature, doi:10.1038/nature05589, 2007 (pdf).
JM Geremia, “Deterministic and Nondestructively Verifiable Preparation of Photon Number States,” Phys. Rev. Lett., v97, art. 073601, 2006 (pdf).
Sayrin, et al., “Real-time quantum feedback prepares and stabilizes photon number states,” Nature, doi:10.1038/nature10376, 2011 (pdf).
Week 5: Jan. 31 (lecture #5), Feb. 2 (lecture #6)
HW#4, due 2/9/2017 (pdf).
Week 6: Feb. 7 (lecture #7), Feb. 9 (lecture #8)
HW#5, due 2/16/2017 (pdf).
S. L. Braunstein and Carlton M. Caves, “Statistical Distance and the Geometry of Quantum States,” Phys. Rev. Lett., v72, pp. 3439-3443, 1994 (pdf).
Week 6: Feb. 14 (lecture #9), Feb. 16 (lecture #10)
M. Armen, et al., “Adaptive Homodyne Measurement of Optical Phase,” Phys. Rev. Lett., v89, art. 133602, 2002 (pdf).
H. M. Wiseman, “Adaptive Phase Measurements of Optical Modes: Going Beyond the Marginal Q Distribution,” Phys. Rev. Lett., v75, pp. 4587-4590, 1995 (pdf).
Mike Armen’s PhD thesis (pdf).
Week 8:
Crook and Kimble, “Possibility of Direct Observation of Quantum Jumps.” (pdf)
Nagourney, Sandberg, and Dehmelt, “Shelved Optical Electron Amplifier: Observation of Quantum Jumps.” (pdf)
Berquist, Hulet, Itano, and Wineland, “Observation of Quantum Jumps in a Single Atom.” (pdf)