Advances in Quantum Phenomena

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction....Pages 1-1
Front Matter....Pages 3-3
Experiments with Single Atoms in Cavities and Traps....Pages 5-28
Experiments with Single Atoms, Molecules or Photons....Pages 29-46
Quantum Effects with Ultracold Atoms....Pages 47-63
Transfer of Single Electrons and Single Cooper Pairs in Metallic Nanostructures....Pages 65-87
Interferometry with Particles of Non-Zero Rest Mass: Topological Experiments....Pages 89-112
Achievements in Neutron Interferometry....Pages 113-131
Electron Interferometry and Holography....Pages 133-143
Quantum Phenomena and Their Applications in Semiconductor Microstructures....Pages 145-158
Electron Conduction and Quantum Phenomena in 2D Heterostructures....Pages 159-183
Photonic Bands and Tunneling....Pages 185-200
Experimental Tests of Bell’s Inequalities....Pages 201-213
Quantum Correlations beyond Bell’s Inequalities....Pages 215-228
Quantum Non-Demolition Measurements in the Optical Domain....Pages 229-242
Quantum Cryptography and Computation....Pages 243-262
Quantum Mechanics with Spontaneous Localization and Experiments....Pages 263-279
Quantum Phenomena at Large....Pages 281-295
Front Matter....Pages 297-297
Quantum Fluctuations and Superconductivity....Pages 299-320
Spontaneous Localization and Superconductivity....Pages 321-333
Photon-Photon Correlations from Single Atoms....Pages 335-346
Front Matter....Pages 297-297
Einstein Causality in Inter-Atom Microcavity-Confined Transverse Quantum Correlations....Pages 347-352
Three Comments on the Aharonov-Bohm Effect....Pages 353-354
Protective Measurements....Pages 355-356
Weak Measurements....Pages 357-373
Eratum to: Interferometry with Particles of Non-Zero Rest Mass: Topological Experiments....Pages 379-379
Back Matter....Pages 375-377