quantum optics
Quantum optics is a branch of physics that studies the interaction between light and matter, focusing on the quantum mechanical description of light and its properties, such as its particle-like behavior (photons) and wave-like properties (interference and diffraction).
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- laser physics
- nonlinear optics
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- photonics
- quantum coherence
- quantum computing
- quantum control of light
- quantum cryptography
- quantum dot lasers
- quantum electrodynamics
- quantum entanglement swapping experiments
- quantum imaging
- quantum information theory
- quantum mechanics
- quantum memory
- quantum metrology
- quantum noise
- quantum probability
- quantum sensors
- quantum state
- quantum states of light
- quantum theory
- quantum wells
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