Introductory Quantum Mechanics II

As taught in: Spring 2004

An illustration depicting the wavefunctions of various Rydberg states of the CaF molecule.

Wavefunctions of various Rydberg states of the CaF molecule. (Image courtesy of Serhan Altunata and Professor Robert W. Field.)

Instructors:

Prof. Robert Field

Prof. Andrei Tokmakoff

MIT Course Number:

5.74

Level:

Graduate

Course Features

Selected video lectures
Selected audio lectures
Lecture notes

Course Description

This course covers time-dependent quantum mechanics and spectroscopy. Topics include perturbation theory, two-level systems, light-matter interactions, relaxation in quantum systems, correlation functions and linear response theory, and nonlinear spectroscopy.