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About the Course

This course gives you access to basic tools and concepts to understand research articles and books on modern quantum optics. You will learn about quantization of light, formalism to describe quantum states of light without any classical analogue, and observables allowing one to demonstrate typical quantum properties of these states. These tools will be applied to the emblematic case of a one-photon wave packet, which behaves both as a particle and a wave. Wave-particle duality is a great quantum mystery in the words of Richard Feynman. You will be able to fully appreciate real experiments demonstrating wave-particle duality for a single photon, and applications to quantum technologies based on single photon sources, which are now commercially available. The tools presented in this course will be widely used in our second quantum optics course, which will present more advanced topics such as entanglement, interaction of quantized light with matter, squeezed light, etc... So if you have a good knowledge in basic quantum mechanics and classical electromagnetism, but always wanted to know: • how to go from classical electromagnetism to quantized radiation, • how the concept of photon emerges, • how a unified formalism is able to describe apparently contradictory behaviors observed in quantum optics labs, • how creative physicists and engineers have invented totally new technologies based on quantum properties of light, then this course is for you....

Top reviews

AV

Jul 2, 2020

One of the best Course that i have attended. Properly designed and standard assignments.

VR

Dec 26, 2017

Very good introduction to the subject, I enjoyed the dynamics of the lessons. I am looking forward for the more advanced part 2!

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By Mykhailo V

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Sep 13, 2021

It is a very well structured course with clear explanations and insightful problems, though I'd like it to have more problems.

By Olivier B

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Apr 14, 2025

Not very easy, but really interesting. Thank you so much to the professors for taking the time to put it together !

By David C A

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Dec 15, 2020

Excellent. If you have enough base of quantum mechanics and physics, this course is understandable and useful.

By Ayoub E

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Nov 18, 2024

I enrolled to this course in order to discover the realm of quantum optics, but I discovered much more!

By DIEGO A R C

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Sep 23, 2020

Great Course!

A great introduction to the quantum optics field, Aspect is clear methodical and precise

By Vijay D

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Dec 17, 2022

What a wonderful course!!!!

Excellently planned and amazingly taught. I learned lots of new things.

By Maurizio N

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Jan 2, 2024

Exceptional course made by an exceptional teacher. One of the best course I ever did in Coursera.

By ABHIJEET N

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Feb 18, 2019

This course give me a brief idea about single photon. Thank you for providing such a good course.

By Neel K K

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Feb 4, 2021

Very good to start learning Quantum Optical Communications and Quantum Information Processing

By Akhil V

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Jul 3, 2020

One of the best Course that i have attended. Properly designed and standard assignments.

By Jaime O

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May 27, 2021

Excellent lectures by Professor Aspect!

I highly recommend his textbook as well!

By Thomas D

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Jul 4, 2020

Excellent presentations and informative problem sets for an un-intuitive topic.

By Alaa F

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Aug 24, 2020

Beautiful and contains many information. Information delivered in a simple way

By Haq N

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Jan 27, 2023

Really amazing , enjyoyful, gorgeous, informative and helpful thanks to all.

By Diego H

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Apr 16, 2023

Great course! It's a good starting point into the world of quantum optics.

By Happy A

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Jan 17, 2019

A good course that helps us have a further understanding of quantum optic.

By Raghav C

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Jul 12, 2017

A course worth taking for those seeking an introduction to Quantum Optics.

By Jatin N

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Sep 25, 2020

Great course! Homework problems are superb, I learnt so much from them.

By jadoul m

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Nov 2, 2018

Can't wait any longer for the second course. Wonderful. Stimulating.

By Binod J

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Dec 7, 2019

Great Course! Thinking about taking the second part of this series.

By Greg B

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Sep 21, 2017

A. Aspect is clear methodical and precise. It makes learning eas

By fehmi k

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Apr 22, 2024

Such a beautiful course by Nobel Prize winner Alain Aspect.

By Benassi A

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Dec 12, 2019

Enseignement très pédagogique et très intéressant: Efficace

By Juan D R S

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Feb 16, 2023

A course well designed, understable, and practical.

By Cristina

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Oct 28, 2024

bellissimo corso, ma non è quello che cercavo io