Quantum-optical phenomena in nanophysics

Foundations of Quantum Mechanics:

Lecture 25

8. Particle statistics;

8.1 Fermions and bosons;

8.2 Anyons

4. Quantum optics with single solid-state emitters 4.1 Excitons in self-assembled quantum dots. Quantum dots and excitons. Single-photon source and photon correlations. Photonic crystal cavities, Purcell effect and strong coupling. Optical manipulation of spins in excitons and spin readout.

Foundations of Quantum Mechanics:

Lecture 24

7.1 Aharonov-Bohm effect

3.9 Optomechanics outlook. Squeezed states (optical and mechanical). Entanglement light-mechanics. Test for new sources of decoherence, e.g. Penrose speculation about gravity-induced decoherence. Optomechanical crystals.

Foundations of Quantum Mechanics:

Lecture 23

6.3 Schrödinger-Newton equation;

6.4 Other models of gravitationally induced decoherence;

6.5 Modified commutator relations

Quantum-limited displacement detection. Imprecision noise and back-action noise. The Standard Quantum Limit (SQL) for displacement detection. How it works for the case of optical detection.