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== Part I Course Notes (8.421) == | == Part I Course Notes (8.421) == | ||
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* 1. [[Resonances|Resonances and Two-Level Atoms]] | * 1. [[Resonances|Resonances and Two-Level Atoms]] | ||
| − | * 2. [[Atoms]] | + | * 2. [[Atoms]] |
* 3. [[Fine Structure and Lamb Shift]] | * 3. [[Fine Structure and Lamb Shift]] | ||
| − | * 4 | + | * 4. [[Effects of the Nucleus on Atomic Structure]] |
| − | * | + | * 5. [[Atoms in Magnetic Fields]] |
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| − | * 8. [[ | + | * 7. [[Interaction_of_an_atom_with_an_electromagnetic_field|Light-atom interactions]] |
| + | * 8. [[Lineshape|Resonance Line Shapes]] | ||
* 9. [[Two-Photon Excitation]] | * 9. [[Two-Photon Excitation]] | ||
| − | * 10. [[Coherence]] | + | * 10. [[Coherence]] |
[[8.421-old|Old MIT 8.421 Course Notes]] (pre-2008) | [[8.421-old|Old MIT 8.421 Course Notes]] (pre-2008) | ||
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== Part II Course Notes (8.422) == | == Part II Course Notes (8.422) == | ||
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* [http://jila-amo.colorado.edu/ JILA Center for Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics] | * [http://jila-amo.colorado.edu/ JILA Center for Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics] | ||
* [http://qwiki.caltech.edu/ Caltech quantum optics wiki] | * [http://qwiki.caltech.edu/ Caltech quantum optics wiki] | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:21, 6 February 2024
Welcome to the MIT Atomic 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. Resonances and Two-Level Atoms
- 2. Atoms
- 3. Fine Structure and Lamb Shift
- 4. Effects of the Nucleus on Atomic Structure
- 5. Atoms in Magnetic Fields
- 6. Atoms in electric fields
- 7. Light-atom interactions
- 8. Resonance Line Shapes
- 9. Two-Photon Excitation
- 10. Coherence
Old MIT 8.421 Course Notes (pre-2008)
This material is from MIT 8.421 Atomic Physics I
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: Ion traps and quantum information
- Chapter 8: Frontiers in Atomic Physics
Sample Topics
- Interferometer shot noise limit
- Non-classical states of light
- Squeezed light interferometry
- Interferometer Heisenberg limit
