Polarization Valerio Scarani - Chapter One
Polarization of a Beam What is polarization physically? Why start QI with polarization? Analogy with metal bars - and limitations
Malus’ law
Polarizers in series Series of 2 polarizers Series of 3 polarizers Series of N polarizers (HW 1.1)
Polarizers in vector notation Vector notation Polarizing beam-splitters Reconstruction (HW 1.2)
Polarization of 1 photon Dirac notation for polarization of 1 photon Using Dirac Notation (HW 1.3)
On the meaning of probability
Polarization of Two Photons Composite systems and tensor products
States of 2 photons Product states of two photons All states of two photons
Entanglement (HW 1.4 & HW 1.5)
Transformation of states Operators Linearity Unitarity
Broader View Vectors Probablity Degree of freedom