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== Part I Course Notes (8.421) == | == Part I Course Notes (8.421) == | ||
| − | * 1. [ | + | * 1. [[Resonances|Resonances and Two-Level Atoms]] |
| − | * 2. [ | + | * 2. [[Atoms]] |
| − | * 3. [ | + | * 3. [[Fine Structure and Lamb Shift]] |
| − | * 4, | + | * 4, [[Nuclear|Effects of the Nucleus on Atomic Structure]] |
| − | * 6. [ | + | * 6. [[B-field|Atoms in Magnetic Fields]] |
| − | * 7. [ | + | * 7. [[Lineshape|Resonance Line Shapes]] |
| − | * 8. [ | + | * 8. [[Higher-Order Radiation Processes]] |
| − | * 9. [ | + | * 9. [[Two-Photon Excitation]] |
| − | * 10. [ | + | * 10. [[Coherence]] |
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| − | This material | + | [[8.421-old|Old MIT 8.421 Course Notes]] (pre-2008) |
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| + | This material is from [http://cua.mit.edu/8.421 MIT 8.421 Atomic Physics I] | ||
== Part II Course Notes (8.422) == | == Part II Course Notes (8.422) == | ||
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* Chapter 1: [[Introduction to Atomic Physics]] | * 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 == | == Sample Topics == | ||
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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
- 6. Atoms in Magnetic Fields
- 7. Resonance Line Shapes
- 8. Higher-Order Radiation Processes
- 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
