Quantum Photonics

Yasuhiko Arakawa is a Specially Appointed Professor of the Institute for Nano Quantum Electronics at The University of Tokyo, a Professor Emeritus at The University of Tokyo, a Program Director of the MEXT Q-LEAP, and the Supervisor of CREST Quantum Technology. He is a Foreign Member of the US National Academy of Engineering and the Past President of International Commission for Optics (ICO). Dieter Bimberg is the Director of the Bimberg Chinese–German Center for Green Photonics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences at CIOMP, Changchun and Founding Director of the Center of NanoPhotonics at TU Berlin. He is a Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, a Foreign Member of the National Academy of Engineering of USA, and a Fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors.

• Part 1 BASICS1. Progress in quantum photonics: Introduction2. Quantum electrodynamics in optical microcavities and waveguides: basics and applications to quantum photonics3. Electronic properties of semiconductor nanostructures: Symmetry, exchange and correlation effects4. Strong light-matter coupling in high-quality optical microcavitiesPart 2 SOURCES5. Semiconductor quantum dot lasers6. Semiconductor non-classical light sources7. Quantum light sources based on color centers in diamond and silicon carbidePart 3 PLATFORMS8. Atom-based photonics9. Quantum photonics in photonic crystals10. Optical lattice clocks and related platformsPart 4 APPLICATIONS11. Quantum key distribution and its application12. Photonic quantum computing