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Bibliografía:
Coherence of light, por J. Perina
Introduction to the Theory of Coherence and Polarization of Light, por E. Wolf
Statistical Optics, por J. W. Goodman
Óptica Avanzada por Mª Luisa Calvo
Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics, por L. Mandel y E. Wolf
Presentación y objetivos: óptica+estadística
Propiedades estadísticas del campo electromagnético entendido como proceso aleatorio.
La luz tiene un carácter aleatorio fundamental debido a su origen microscópico en la
dinámica de la materia a escala atómica. Crucial para formación de imagen, interferencia,
sus generalizaciones y otras aplicaciones metrológicas en ciencia y tecnología.
Beneficios:
i) Conocimiento más profundo de la óptica y de los fenómenos ya conocidos.
Gerardo Adesso†
Centre for the Mathematics and Theoretical Physics of Quantum Non-Equilibrium Systems
(CQNE), School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Nottingham,
University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
Martin B. Plenio‡
Institute of Theoretical Physics and IQST, Ulm University,
Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89069 Ulm, Germany
(published 30 October 2017)
The coherent superposition of states, in combination with the quantization of observables, represents
Coherence, being
one of the most at features
fundamental the thatheart
mark theof interference
departure phenomena,
of quantum mechanics from the classical plays a central
role in physics as it enables applications that are impossible within classical
realm. Quantum coherence in many-body systems embodies the essence of entanglement and is an
essential ingredient for a plethora of physical phenomena in quantum optics, quantum information,
mechanics or ray optics. The rise of quantum mechanics as a unified picture
solid state physics, and nanoscale thermodynamics. In recent years, research on the presence and
functional role of quantum coherence in biological systems has also attracted considerable interest.
of waves and particles further strengthened the prominent role of coherence
Despite the fundamental importance of quantum coherence, the development of a rigorous theory
of quantum coherence as a physical resource has been initiated only recently. This Colloquium
in physics.
discusses andIndeed, in conjunction
reviews the development of this rapidly with energy
growing research field quantization
that encompasses the and the tensor
product structure of state space, coherence underlies phenomena such as
characterization, quantification, manipulation, dynamical evolution, and operational application of
quantum coherence.
multi-particle interference and entanglement that play a central role in
DOI: 10.1103/RevModPhys.89.041003
applications of quantum physics and quantum information science.
CONTENTS 2. Coherence quantifiers based on matrix norms 11
3. Geometric coherence 12
I. Introduction 2