Preface; 1. Quantum measurement theory; 2. Useful concepts from information theory; 3. Continuous measurement; 4. Statistical mechanics, open systems, and measurement; 5. Quantum feedback control; 6. Metrology; 7. Quantum mesoscopic systems I: circuits and measurements; 8. Quantum mesoscopic systems II: measurement and control; Appendices; References; Index.
Introduces the basic theory and its use in a wide range of applications to graduate students and researchers in physics.
Kurt Jacobs is an Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is a leading researcher in quantum measurement theory and feedback control, and applications in nano-electro-mechanical systems. He is author of the textbook Stochastic Processes for Physicists: Understanding Noisy Systems (Cambridge University Press, 2010).
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