Wavefunctions of various Rydberg states of the CaF molecule. (Image courtesy of Serhan Altunata and Professor Robert W. Field.)
Prof. Robert Field
Prof. Andrei Tokmakoff
5.74
Spring 2004
Graduate
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.