Atomic and Optical Physics: Optical Bloch Equations and Open System Dynamics

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： Isaac Chuang David E. Pritchard Wolfgang Ketterle

课程主页: https://www.edx.org/archive/atomic-optical-physics-optical-bloch-mitx-8-422-3x

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This physics course presents a general derivation of the master equation and the optical Bloch equations. You will learn about various solutions of the optical Bloch equations, and you will discuss the quantum Monte Carlo wavefunction approach. The course will conclude with a discussion of unraveling open system quantum dynamics.

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
• 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 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 condensationquantum algorithms and protocols
• ion traps and magnetic traps.

课程大纲

• The derivation of the master equation
• The derivation of the Optical Bloch equation
• Solutions of the Bloch equations
• The Monte Carlo wavefunction approach
• Unraveling open system quantum dynamics

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