************************************ * QUANTUM OPTICS AND ATOM OPTICS * * IN AUSTRALASIA * * * * * * * * MONTHLY NEWSLETTER * * VOL VI, NO 2 * * * * February 1998 * * * * ISSN 1325-6467 * * * Edited by: Bill Munro * \ | / * Physics, University of Queensland, * \__|__/ * QLD 4072, Australia. * | * email: munro@physics.uq.edu.au Available on WWW at: * | * phone: +61 7 3365 2422 http://www.anu.edu.au * | * fax: +61 7 3365 1242 /Physics/newsletter * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS 0. PROBLEMS 1. ABSTRACTS 2. CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS 3. WANTED TO BUY/SELL 4. SITUATIONS VACANT 5. MISC NEWS ______________________________________________________________________________ ******************************************************************************* 0. EDITORIAL NOTE Welcome to the second newsletter of the year. Please keep the abstracts coming in. We are very short of abstracts this month. ******************************************************************************* 1. ABSTRACTS Sorry none were submitted in the last month ******************************************************************************* 2. CONFERENCES / WORKSHOPS _______________________________________________________________________________ ****************************************************************************** 4. SITUATIONS VACANT Postgraduate Scholarships: Semiconductor Laser Development Applications are invited from BE or BSc graduates with good Honours degrees in Physics, Electrical or Electronic Engineering (or equivalent qualifications) for PhD/ME/M App Sci Scholarships of 3 years duration (max) with APA level stipends to participate in the ARC Large Grant Funded Project "Fabrication and testing of low noise semiconductor lasers" This project is targeted towards the development of high performance sub-shot noise laser diodes for use in next generation optical computing and instrumentation systems. Participating institutions include the Centre for Advanced Telecommunications and Quantum Electronics Research, University of Canberra; the Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, ANU; the Edward L.Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University and Hamamatsu Photonics KK, Japan. Send a comprehensive CV. For further information contact: Paul J Edwards Professor of Electronic Engineering and Applied Physics Director, Centre for Advanced Telecommunications and Quantum Electronics Research Faculty of Information Sciences and Engineering University of Canberra, ACT 2601 Australia +61 (0)26 201 2515/2516/2411 (V) +61 (0)26 201 5041 (F) paule@ise.canberra.edu.au ****************************************************************************** 5. MISC NEWS A book announcement Measuring the Quantum State of Light Cambridge Studies in Modern Optics No. 22 Quantum mechanics sets fundamental limits on the amount of information one can extract from a system with a single set of measurements. Recent results of new theoretical analyses and optical experiments have given rise to a more complete knowledge of the quantum properties of light. This book gives the first detailed description of this fascinating branch of quantum optics. This self-contained book begins with a description of some key results and tools from quantum optics. The author discusses the quantum mechanical description of simple optical instruments before giving a detailed treatment of quantum tomography. The book concludes with a chapter devoted to the problem of the simultaneous measurement of position and momentum. This book will appeal to graduate students and researchers in quantum optics, as well as anyone interested in the foundations of quantum mechanics or more general problems of quantum measurement. 1. Introduction; 2. Quantum theory of light; 3. Quasiprobability distribution; 4. Simple optical instruments; 5. Quantum tomography; 6. Simultaneous measurement of position and momentum; 7. Summary. * first monograph on quantum-state measurement * covers both theoretical and experimental results in detail * will be of interest to many physicists outside optics - anyone working on foundations of quantum mechanics COMPAGNO/ Atom-Field Interactions and Dressed Atoms/ 1995/ 419484 SCULLY/ Quantum Optics/ 1997/ 435951 and 434580/ Leonhardt's book is more specialised than Scully/Zubairy, since S/Z is an actual textbook and Leonhardt's really only talks about one set of problems. (He does have a reasonable amount of introductory material in there, though.) Also BRAGINSKY/ Quantum Measurement/ 1995 PB/ 484138/ not just quantum optics 0 521 49730 2 Hardback $95.00 204 pages All Cambridge University Press publications can be ordered from your local bookshop. In case of difficulty please contact our Customer Service Department, 10 Stamford Rd. (PO Box 85), Oakleigh. Vic. 3166. Telephone 03 9568 0322, Fax 03 9563 1517, eamil info@cup.edu.au ****************************************************************************** The end! _______________________________________________________ Bill Munro | ,,, Centre for Laser Science, | (o o) University of Queensland, | -oOO-(_)-OOo- St. Lucia, Brisbane, Australia | I am Pentium of Borg Phone: +(61 7) 3365 2422 | Divison is Futile Fax: +(61 7) 3365 1242 | You will be approximated Email: billm@physics.uq.edu.au | WWW: http://www.physics.uq.edu.au/people/billm/billm.html | _______________________________________________________