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Atomic and Optical Physics II

Prof. Wolfgang Ketterle · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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About

This is the second of a two-semester subject sequence beginning with Atomic and Optical Physics I (8.421) that provides the foundations for contemporary research in selected areas of atomic and optical physics. Topics covered include non-classical states of light–squeezed states; multi-photon processes, Raman scattering; coherence–level crossings, quantum beats, double resonance, superradiance; trapping and cooling-light forces, laser cooling, atom optics, spectroscopy of trapped atoms and ions; atomic interactions–classical collisions, quantum scattering theory, ultracold collisions; and experimental methods.

Lectures

Video Lectures

  1. Lecture 1: Introduction to Atomic Physics 1 h 16 min · Video
  2. Lecture 2: QED Hamiltonian 1 h 18 min · Video
  3. Lecture 3: Quantum description of light, Part 1 1 h 28 min · Video
  4. Lecture 3: Quantum description of light, Part 2 1 h 29 min · Video
  5. Lecture 4: Non-classical light, squeezing, Part 1 1 h 23 min · Video
  6. Lecture 4: Non-classical light, squeezing, Part 2 1 h 24 min · Video
  7. Lecture 5: Single photons, Part 1 1 h 22 min · Video
  8. Lecture 5: Single photons, Part 2 1 h 23 min · Video
  9. Lecture 6: Entangled states 1 h 24 min · Video
  10. Lecture 7: Metrology, shot noise and Heisenberg limit, Part 1 1 h 24 min · Video
  11. Lecture 7: Metrology, shot noise and Heisenberg limit, Part 2 1 h 25 min · Video
  12. Lecture 8: g(2) for atoms and light 1 h 24 min · Video
  13. Lecture 9: Diagrams for light-atom interactions 34 min · Video
  14. Lecture 10: van der Waals and Casimir interactions 54 min · Video
  15. Lecture 11: Casimir force 1 h 19 min · Video
  16. Lecture 12: Resonant interactions 1 h 24 min · Video
  17. Lecture 13: Derivation of optical Bloch equations 1 h 24 min · Video
  18. Lecture 14: Solutions of optical Bloch equations, Part 1 1 h 22 min · Video
  19. Lecture 14: Solutions of optical Bloch equations, Part 2 1 h 25 min · Video
  20. Lecture 15: Unraveling Open System Quantum Dynamics 1 h 22 min · Video
  21. Lecture 16: Light forces, Part 1 1 h 29 min · Video
  22. Lecture 16: Light forces, Part 2 1 h 25 min · Video
  23. Lecture 17: Dressed atom, Part 1 1 h 23 min · Video
  24. Lecture 17: Dressed atom, Part 2 1 h 18 min · Video
  25. Lecture 18: Techniques for ultralow temperatures 1 h 27 min · Video
  26. Lecture19: Bose gases 1 h 26 min · Video
  27. Lecture 20: Fermi gases, BEC-BCS crossover 57 min · Video
  28. Lecture 21: Ion trapping and quantum gates 40 min · Video

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Credits and licence

Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department
Physics
Teacher
Prof. Wolfgang Ketterle
Term
Spring 2013
Level
Graduate
Language
English
Subjects
Physics, Biology
Source
MIT OpenCourseWare
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as MIT OpenCourseWare states it. Non-commercial use only. MIT OpenCourseWare's terms
Attribution
Prof. Wolfgang Ketterle. Atomic and Optical Physics II. Spring 2013. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu/. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
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