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Essentials of Quantum Optics
Prof. Amarendra Kumar Sarma · IIT Guwahati
About
Quantum Technology is at the forefront of research today. In recent times, there is huge interest in quantum computers, quantum sensors and quantum information science. Without a solid understanding of the fundamental concepts of quantum optics, it’s not possible to move ahead with research in quantum technology related areas. Unfortunately, quantum optics is not covered anywhere in an accessible way. This course will enable the students to understand the fundamentals of quantum optics easily. Also, they will learn associated mathematical tools. The course will prepare and motivate them to take a research carrier in this highly promising modern area of inter-disciplinary research.
Intended audience: Students from B.Tech. Engineering Physics, M.Sc. Physics and B.Tech. Electrical Engineering. Also, Ph.D. students working in the area of Condensed Matter Physics and Quantum Optics.
Prerequisites: An elementary course on Quantum Mechanics
Lectures
Week 1: Quantum Optics of two-level atom
- Lec 1: Quantum Mechanics of Two-level Atom-I
- Lec 2: Quantum Mechanics of Two-level Atom-II
- Lec 3: Problem Solving Session-1
Week 2: Semi-classical Quantum Optics-I
- Lec 4: Interaction of classical light with two-level atom-I
- Lec 5: Interaction of classical light with two-level atom-I
- Lec 6: Problem Solving Session-2
week 3: Quantum States
- Lec 7: Quantum States: Density Operator-I
- Lec 8: Quantum States: Density Operator-II
- Lec 9: Problem Solving Session-3
- Lec 10: Quantum States of Composite Systems
Week4: Applications of Quantum Optics-I
- Lec 11: Quantum Computation Fundamentals
- Lec 12: Quantum Computation Fundamentals-II
- Lec 13: Problem Solving Session-4
Week 5: Quantum Master Equation
- Lec 14: The Quantum Master Equation-I
- Lec 15: The Quantum Master Equation-II
- Lec 16: Problem Solving Session-5
- Lec 17: Electromagnetically Induced Transparency
Week 6: Quantum Optics of Light
- Lec 18: Quantization of Light
- Lec 19: Photon Statistics
- Lec 20: Coherent States of Light
- Lec 21: Squeezed States of Light
- Lec 22: Problem Solving Session-6
Week 7: Applications of Quantum Optics-II
- Lec 23: Circuit QED-I
- Lec 24: Circuit QED-II
- Lec 25: The Jaynes Cummings Model
- Lec 26: Problem Solving Session-7
Week 8: Applications of Quantum Optics-III
Syllabus and materials
At NPTEL, as the course publishes them.
Credits and licence
- Institution
- IIT Guwahati
- Department
- Physics
- Teacher
- Prof. Amarendra Kumar Sarma
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Physics
- Source
- NPTEL
- Licence
- CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
- Attribution
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