Atomic and Optical Physics II | Physics | MIT OpenCourseWare

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Instructor

Prof. Wolfgang Ketterle

Departments

Physics

As Taught In

Spring 2013

Level

Graduate

Topics

Science
- Physics
  - Atomic, Molecular, Optical Physics

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Lecture 1: Introduction to Atomic Physics

Lecture 2: QED Hamiltonian

Lecture 3: Quantum description of light, Part 1

Lecture 3: Quantum description of light, Part 2

Lecture 4: Non-classical light, squeezing, Part 1

Lecture 4: Non-classical light, squeezing, Part 2

Lecture 5: Single photons, Part 1

Lecture 5: Single photons, Part 2

Lecture 6: Entangled states

Lecture 7: Metrology, shot noise and Heisenberg limit, Part 1

Lecture 7: Metrology, shot noise and Heisenberg limit, Part 2

Lecture 8: g(2) for atoms and light

Lecture 9: Diagrams for light-atom interactions

Lecture 10: van der Waals and Casimir interactions

Lecture 11: Casimir force

Lecture 12: Resonant interactions

Lecture 13: Derivation of optical Bloch equations

Lecture 14: Solutions of optical Bloch equations, Part 1

Lecture 14: Solutions of optical Bloch equations, Part 2

Lecture 15: Unraveling Open System Quantum Dynamics

Lecture 16: Light forces, Part 1

Lecture 16: Light forces, Part 2

Lecture 17: Dressed atom, Part 1

Lecture 17: Dressed atom, Part 2

Lecture 18: Techniques for ultralow temperatures

Lecture19: Bose gases

Lecture 20: Fermi gases, BEC-BCS crossover

Lecture 21: Ion trapping and quantum gates

Course Info

Instructor

Prof. Wolfgang Ketterle

Departments

Physics

As Taught In

Spring 2013

Level

Graduate

Topics

Science
- Physics
  - Atomic, Molecular, Optical Physics

Learning Resource Types

Instructor Insights

Lecture Videos

Problem Sets

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