Understand and use the concepts / tools of quantum optics and the notion of single photons. How to make the link with classical physics and how it is also very different with the notion of indistinguishable photons, so important for quantum technologies in order to create qubits based on photons.
Syllabus
Key topics :
Example of topic discussed include :
Introduction to quantum optics, basics of electromagnetism & Maxwell’s equations
Light quantisation and the notion of Fock state
Optical coherence, coherent state and correlation function
Single photon source, indistinguishable photons and spontaneous parametric down-conversion
