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| − | + | Welcome to the MIT Aomic Physics Wiki. This is a collection of reference material that [[Wiki editing instructions|you can edit]]. Please contribute new content, as well as comments on and improvements to existing material. Our goal is to develop a helpful resource for all students in the field of modern atomic physics. | |
| − | + | == Part I Course Notes (8.421) == | |
| − | + | * 1. [http://cua.mit.edu/8.421_S06/Chapter1.pdf The two-state systems: Resonance] | |
| − | * [ | + | * 2. [http://cua.mit.edu/8.421_S06/Chapter2.pdf Atoms – some basics] [http://cua.mit.edu/8.421/Chapter4%20helium%20atom.pdf Helium atom] |
| − | * [ | + | * 3. [http://cua.mit.edu/8.421_S06/Chapter3.pdf Fine structure and Lamb shift] |
| − | * [ | + | * 4, 5 [http://cua.mit.edu/8.421_S06/Chapter4_5.pdf Hyperfine structure; Magnetic fields] |
| − | * [ | + | * 6. [http://cua.mit.edu/8.421_S06/Chapter6.pdf Atoms in electric fields] [http://cua.mit.edu/8.421/Index_refraction.pdf Index of refraction] |
| − | * [ | + | * 7. [http://cua.mit.edu/8.421_S06/Chapter7.pdf Interaction of an Atom with an Electro-Magnetic Field], [http://cua.mit.edu/8.421_S06/Historic%20references%20to%20Einstein.htm Einstein’s A and B coefficient], [http://cua.mit.edu/8.421_S06/Chapter_7_Saturation.pdf Saturation of transitions] |
| + | * 8. [http://cua.mit.edu/8.421_S06/Chapter8.pdf Line shapes] | ||
| + | * 9. [http://cua.mit.edu/8.421_S06/Chapter9.pdf Two-photon transitions] | ||
| + | * 10. [http://cua.mit.edu/8.421_S06/Chapter10.pdf Coherence] | ||
| + | * 11. [[Precision measurements in atomic physics]] | ||
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| + | This material, from [http://cua.mit.edu/8.421 MIT 8.421 Atomic Physics I] is being updated as of 2008 | ||
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| + | == Part II Course Notes (8.422) == | ||
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| + | [[Image:20070321-003722_pritchard-squeezing.png|frame|right|Prof. Dave Pritchard demonstrating classical squeezing with a parametrically driven pendulum oscillator [http://cua.mit.edu/8.422/VIDEO-pritchard-demonstrating-classical-squeezing-14feb05.avi see video]]] | ||
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| + | * Chapter 1: [[Introduction to Atomic Physics]] | ||
| + | * [[Chapter 2: Quantum light: states and dynamics]] | ||
| + | * [[Chapter 3: Optical Bloch equations]] | ||
| + | * [[Chapter 4: Photon-atom interactions]] | ||
| + | * [[Chapter 5: Light forces]] | ||
| + | * [[Chapter 6: Bose-Einstein condensates]] | ||
| + | * [[Chapter 7: Molecules]] | ||
| + | * [[Chapter 8: Ion traps and quantum information]] | ||
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| + | == Sample Topics == | ||
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| + | * [[Interferometer shot noise limit]] | ||
| + | * [[Non-classical states of light]] | ||
| + | * [[Squeezed light interferometry]] | ||
| + | * [[Interferometer Heisenberg limit]] | ||
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| + | == Useful Resources == | ||
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| + | * [http://cua.mit.edu MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms] | ||
| + | * [http://jila-amo.colorado.edu/ JILA Center for Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics] | ||
| + | * [http://qwiki.caltech.edu/ Caltech quantum optics wiki] | ||
Revision as of 14:43, 28 January 2020
Welcome to the MIT Aomic Physics Wiki. This is a collection of reference material that you can edit. Please contribute new content, as well as comments on and improvements to existing material. Our goal is to develop a helpful resource for all students in the field of modern atomic physics.
Contents
Part I Course Notes (8.421)
- 1. The two-state systems: Resonance
- 2. Atoms – some basics Helium atom
- 3. Fine structure and Lamb shift
- 4, 5 Hyperfine structure; Magnetic fields
- 6. Atoms in electric fields Index of refraction
- 7. Interaction of an Atom with an Electro-Magnetic Field, Einstein’s A and B coefficient, Saturation of transitions
- 8. Line shapes
- 9. Two-photon transitions
- 10. Coherence
- 11. Precision measurements in atomic physics
This material, from MIT 8.421 Atomic Physics I is being updated as of 2008
Part II Course Notes (8.422)
Prof. Dave Pritchard demonstrating classical squeezing with a parametrically driven pendulum oscillator see video
- Chapter 1: Introduction to Atomic Physics
- Chapter 2: Quantum light: states and dynamics
- Chapter 3: Optical Bloch equations
- Chapter 4: Photon-atom interactions
- Chapter 5: Light forces
- Chapter 6: Bose-Einstein condensates
- Chapter 7: Molecules
- Chapter 8: Ion traps and quantum information
Sample Topics
- Interferometer shot noise limit
- Non-classical states of light
- Squeezed light interferometry
- Interferometer Heisenberg limit
