Atomic and Optical Physics: Atom-photon interactions

开始时间: 04/22/2022 持续时间: 4 weeks

所在平台: EdxArchive 课程类别: 其他类别 大学或机构: MITx 授课老师： Wolfgang Ketterle David E. Pritchard Isaac Chuang

课程主页: https://www.edx.org/archive/atomic-optical-physics-atom-photon-mitx-8-422-2x

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In this physics course, you will be introduced to the QED Hamiltonian (Quantum ElectroDynamics), and learn how to construct diagrams for light-atom interactions. Using your new tools you will study Van der Waals and Casimir interactions, resonant scattering and radiative corrections.

This course is a part of a series of courses to introduce concepts and current frontiers of atomic physics, and to prepare you for cutting-edge research:

• 8.422.1x: Quantum States and Dynamics of Photons
• 8.422.2x: Atom-photon Interactions
• 8.422.3x: Optical Bloch Equations and Open System Dynamics – To be announced
• 8.422.4x: Light Forces and Laser Cooling – To be announced
• 8.422.5x: Ultracold Atoms and Ions for Many-body Physics and Quantum Information Science – To be announced

At MIT, the content of the five courses makes the second of a two-semester sequence (8.421 and 8.422) for graduate students interested in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. This sequence is required for Ph.D. students doing research in this field.

Completing the series allows you to pursue advanced study and research in cold atoms, as well as in specialized topics in condensed matter physics. In these five courses you will learn about the following topics:

• Quantum states and dynamics of photons
• Photon-atom interactions: basics and semiclassical approximations
• Open system dynamics
• Optical Bloch equations
• Applications and limits of the optical Bloch equations
• Dressed atoms
• Light force
• Laser cooling
• Cold atoms
• Evaporative cooling
• Bose-Einstein condensation
• Quantum algorithms and protocols
• Ion traps and magnetic traps

课程大纲

• The QED Hamiltonian and Light-Atom interaction diagrams
• Van der Waals and Casimir interactions
• Resonant scattering
• Radiative corrections

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