The Nobel Prize in Physics 2005

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2005

Information on the Nobel Prize in Physics 2005

● Nobelprize.org

● The Strange Theory of Light and Matter, R. Feynman, Princeton Univ. Press 1985

● Concepts of Quantum Optics, P. L. Knight and L. Allen, Pergamon Press 1983

● Introduction to Quantum Optics, H. Paul, Cambridge Univ. Press 2004

● On the matter of the meter, D. Kleppner, Physics Today March 2001, p. 11

Links

● HyperPhysics: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html

	Contents: \| Introduction – The two faces of light \| Using light as a tool \| Are the fundamental constants really constant? \| Quantum mechanics – what is it? \| Guaranteed secure cryptography \| Roy Glauber – the father of quantum optics \| Further reading \| Credits \|
	Nobel Poster from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, web adapted by Nobel Web AB.

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