Quantum Mechanics for Tomorrow's Engineers

Junichiro Kono is Karl F. Hasselmann Chair in Engineering, Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, and Chair of Applied Physics at Rice University, which he joined in 2000. His research focuses on optical studies of condensed matter systems and photonic applications of nanosystems, including semiconductor nanostructures and carbon-based nanomaterials. He has made a number of pioneering contributions to the diverse fields of semiconductor optics, terahertz spectroscopy and devices, ultrafast and quantum optics, and condensed matter physics. He is a Fellow of APS, OSA, and SPIE. He is a leader in optical studies of condensed matter systems and photonic applications of nanosystems.

'Kono's ten years of teaching a course to engineering undergraduates leads to an introductory book on quantum and information science with refreshing directness, which may also serve as a reference. It includes clear concepts of quantum entanglement and measurement, information theory of circuits and algorithms, and solid accounts of the quantum advantage and quantum materials.' L. J. Sham, University of California, San Diego

• Preface; 1. Quantum-Enabled Technologies; 2. Electronic Waves and Schrödinger's Equation; 3. Mathematical Machinery and Conceptual Foundations; 4. Basics of Quantum Information Processing; 5. Propagating Electron Waves in Engineered Potentials; 6. Light-Matter Interaction; 7. Quantum States in Technological Materials; Appendix A: Classical Mechanics of Particles; Appendix B: Classical Theory of Waves; Appendix C: Electromagnetism: Maxwell's Equations; Appendix D: Parity; Index.