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MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Spring 2002 Catalogue Supplement |
TR 1-2:30, Room 36-372
Professor Hermann Haus, Room 36-351, 3-2585
Prereq.: 6.014 and introductory course in quantum mechanics
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Review of electromagnetic modes; energy and power flow; optical fiber modes and propagation in fibers. Thermal noise and shot noise; characterization of noise in classical amplifiers. Quantization of modes; quantum noise; amplified spontaneous emission; noise characterization of optical amplifiers. Generation of squeezed radiation in nonlinear fiber loops and its use in noise reduction. Quantum optical measurements and the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox. The text written by the instructor was published by Springer Verlag (2000).