Quantum Interferometry in Phase Space Theory and Applications [Paperback]

Quantum Interferometry in Phase Space is primarily concerned with quantum-mechanical distribution functions and their applications in quantum optics and neutron interferometry. In the first part of the book, the author describes the phase-space representation of quantum optical phenomena such as coherent and squeezed states. Applications to interferometry, e.g. in beam splitters and fiber networks, are also presented. In the second part of the book, the theoretical formalism is applied to neutron interferometry, including the dynamical theory of diffraction, coherence properties of superposed beams, and dephasing effects.

Quantum Interferometry in Phase Space is primarily concerned with quantum-mechanical distribution functions and their applications in quantum optics and neutron interferometry. In the first part of the book, the author describes the phase-space representation of quantum optical phenomena such as coherent and squeezed states. Applications to interferometry, e.g. in beam splitters and fiber networks, are also presented. In the second part of the book, the theoretical formalism is applied to neutron interferometry, including the dynamical theory of diffraction, coherence properties of superposed beams, and dephasing effects.

Theory of Quantum Mechanical Distribution Functions.- Some Basics.- Quantum Mechanical Distribution Functions.- Optical Interferometry.- Interferometry Using Wave Packets.- Neutron Interferometry.- Introductory Remarks.- The Dynamical Theory of Diffraction.- Laue Interferometer.- Three Plate Interferometry in Phase-Space.- Four-Plate Interferometry in Phase-Space.- Spin Interferometry.- Spin-Echo System.- Zero-Field Spin-Echo.- Summary.

1974 PHD at the Technical University (TU) of Vienna

Employee at the Austrian Research Center Seibersdorf (ARCS), Austria

1996 Habilitation at the TU Vienna (computerized simulatlóä