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Frontiers in Optics

Teaching Quantum Mechanics with Photon Counting Instrumentation

Carlos R. Stroud, Svetlana G. Lukishova

Published Jan 1, 2008• 0 citations
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Abstract

We will describe our strategy for combining lecture courses on quantum mechanics and modern physics with laboratory experiments. Funded by the NSF, four quantum optics and quantum information teaching experiments have been implemented.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2008.sthd2

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