1. Polarization Valerio Scarani - Chapter One

2. Polarization of a Beam What is polarization physically? Why start QI with polarization? Analogy with metal bars - and limitations

3. Malus’ law

4. Polarizers in series Series of 2 polarizers Series of 3 polarizers Series of N polarizers (HW 1.1)

5. Polarizers in vector notation Vector notation Polarizing beam-splitters Reconstruction (HW 1.2)

6. Polarization of 1 photon Dirac notation for polarization of 1 photon Using Dirac Notation (HW 1.3)

7. On the meaning of probability

8. Polarization of Two Photons Composite systems and tensor products

9. States of 2 photons Product states of two photons All states of two photons

10. Entanglement (HW 1.4 & HW 1.5)

11. Transformation of states Operators Linearity Unitarity

12. Broader View Vectors Probablity Degree of freedom