Atomic and Optical Physics II

Quantum optics, light forces and ultracold Bose and Fermi gases.

Syllabus

  1. Lectures

    1. 1. Introduction to Atomic Physics
    2. 2. QED Hamiltonian
    3. 3. Quantum description of light, Part 1
    4. 3. Quantum description of light, Part 2
    5. 4. Non-classical light, squeezing, Part 1
    6. 4. Non-classical light, squeezing, Part 2
    7. 5. Single photons, Part 1
    8. 5. Single photons, Part 2
    9. 6. Entangled states
    10. 7. Metrology, shot noise and Heisenberg limit, Part 1
    11. 7. Metrology, shot noise and Heisenberg limit, Part 2
    12. 8. g(2) for atoms and light
    13. 9. Diagrams for light-atom interactions
    14. 10. van der Waals and Casimir interactions
    15. 11. Casimir force
    16. 12. Resonant interactions
    17. 13. Derivation of optical Bloch equations
    18. 14. Solutions of optical Bloch equations, Part 1
    19. 14. Solutions of optical Bloch equations, Part 2
    20. 15. Unraveling Open System Quantum Dynamics
    21. 16. Light forces, Part 1
    22. 16. Light forces, Part 2
    23. 17. Dressed atom, Part 1
    24. 17. Dressed atom, Part 2
    25. 18. Techniques for ultralow temperatures
    26. 19. Bose gases
    27. 20. Fermi gases, BEC-BCS crossover
    28. 21. Ion trapping and quantum gates