Quantum Machines: Measurement and Control of Engineered Quantum Systems - Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School: Volume 96, July 2011

This book provides the basic knowledge needed to understand and investigate the physics of quantum machines, including quantum superconducting circuits, quantum dots, quantum nanomechanical resonators, trapped ions, single Rydberg atoms in superconducting cavities, and lattices of ultracold atoms.