8.421 | Spring 2014 | Graduate

Atomic and Optical Physics I

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Magnetic moment precessing in a magnetic field. Atoms are often described as two-level systems, and their dynamics is identical to a magnetic moment driven by time-dependent magnetic fields. Courtesy of Prof. Wolfgang Ketterle.

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A vector rotates around a vertical axis with rotation angle of θ.
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Magnetic moment precessing in a magnetic field. Atoms are often described as two-level systems, and their dynamics is identical to a magnetic moment driven by time-dependent magnetic fields. (Courtesy of Prof. Wolfgang Ketterle).
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Courtesy of Prof. Wolfgang Ketterle.
A vector rotates around a vertical axis with rotation angle of θ.

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