Atomic and Optical Physics II

Lecture Notes

LEC #	TOPICS
1	Introduction (PDF)
2	QED Hamiltonian (PDF)
3	Quantum description of light (PDF)
4	Non-classical light, squeezing (PDF)
5	Single photons (PDF)
6	Entangled states (PDF)
7	Metrology, shot noise and Heisenberg limit (PDF)
8	g_2 for atoms and light (PDF)
9	Diagrams for light-atom interactions (PDF)
10	Van der Waals and Casimir interactions (PDF)
11	Casimir force (PDF)
12	Resonant interactions (PDF)
13	Derivation of optical Bloch equations (PDF)
14	Solutions of optical Bloch equations (PDF)
15	Unraveling Open System Quantum Dynamics (PDF)
16	Light forces part 1 and part 2 (PDF)
17	Dressed atom part 1 and part 2 (PDF)
18	Techniques for ultralow temperatures (magnetic trapping, evap. cooling) (PDF)
19	Bose gases, BEC, superfluid to Mott insulator transition (PDF)
20	Fermi gases, BEC-BCS crossover (PDF)
21	Ion trapping and quantum gates (PDF)