Modern Studies of Basic Quantum Concepts and Phenomena (1997, NS 104) Erik B. Karlsson, Erkki Brändas, Osvaldo Goscinski, Carl Nordling, Bengt Nagel, Göran Lindblad, Gösta Ekspong June 14-17, Gimo Herrgård, Sweden Proceedings: E. B. Karlsson, E. Brändas: Modern Studies of Basic Quantum Concepts and Phenomena (1998), Physica Scripta, vol T76/ World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., Singapore. ISBN 0031-8949 (0281-1847) ISBN 91-87308-65-7

 

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Table of Contents
Organizing committee	4
List of participants	5
Modern studies of basic quantum concepts and phenomena E. B. Karlsson and E. Brändas	7
Observation of quantized vortices in superconductors by electron waves. A. Tonomura	16
Quantum phenomena studied by neutron interferometry H. Rauch	24
Manipulating atoms and photons C. Cohen-Tannoudji	33
Do Bohm trajectories always provide a trustworthy physical picture of particle motion? M. O. Scully	41
The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen debate: on the way to a final answer E. S. Fry, T. Walther and R. A. Kenefick	47
Quantum entanglement: criteria and collective tests A. Peres	52
If one could build a macroscopic Schrödinger Cat state, one could communicate superluminally D. M. Greenberger	57
Quantum optical studies of tunneling and other superluminal phenomena R. Y. Chiao and A. M. Steinberg	61
Quantum pasts and the utility of history J. B. Hartle	67
Quantum histories A. Kent	78
On the two-state vector reformulation of quantum mechanics Y. Aharonov and L. Vaidman	85
Intermode traces - fundamental interference phenomenon in quantum and wave physics A. E. Kaplan, P. Stifter, K. A. H. van Leeuwen, W. E. Lamb, Jr. and W. P. Schleich	93
A gallery of quantum states: tomography of nonclassical light J. Mlynek, G. Breitenbach and S. Schiller	98
Generation of squeezed light from semiconductor lasers and its application to precision measurements Y. Yamamoto	103
Measuring the quantum phase of the E.M. field by interference as n 0 J. R. Torgerson and L. Mandel	110
Experimental and theoretical progress in interaction-free measurements P. G. Kwia	115
Decoherence and quantum nondemolition measurements in the LIGO project V. B. Braginsky	122
Strong interactions of single atoms and photons in cavity QED H. J. Kimble	127
Quantum optics of a single atom H. Walther	138
Trapped-ion quantum simulator D. J. Wineland, C. Monroe, W. M. Itano, B. E. King, D. Leibfried, C. Myatt and C. Wood	147
Generation and preservation of coherence in dissipative quantum optical environments B. M. Garraway, P. L. Knight and M. B. Plenio	152
Entanglement, mesoscopic superpositions and decoherence studies with atoms and photons in a cavity S. Haroche	159
Quantum coherence with a single cooper pair V. Bouchiat, D. Vion, P. Joyez, D. Esteve and M. H. Devoret	165
Mesoscopic physics and the fundamentals of quantum mechanics Y. Imry	171
Coherence and decoherence of positive particle states in solids E. B. Karlsson	179
Decoherence, chaos, quantum-classical correspondence, and the algorithmic arrow of time W. H. Zurek	186
Bose-condensed alkali gases as testbeds for fundamental quantum mechanics A. J. Leggett	199
Quantum entanglement: a fundamental concept finding its applications A. Zeilinger	203
Quantum information C. H. Bennett	210
Quantum interferometers as quantum computers A. Ekert	218
Quantum communication in a quantum network J. I. Cirac, S. J. van Enk, P. Zoller, H. J. Kimble and H. Mabuchi	223