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This is the first of a two-semester subject sequence that provides the foundations for contemporary research in selected areas of atomic and optical physics.

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694 years, 4 months

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25

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Topics covered include the interaction of radiation with atoms: resonance; absorption, stimulated and spontaneous emission; methods of resonance, dressed atom formalism, masers and lasers, cavity quantum electrodynamics; structure of simple atoms, behavior in very strong fields; fundamental tests: time reversal, parity violations, Bell’s inequalities; and experimental methods.

Course Currilcum

  • Resonance 1 Unlimited
  • Resonance 2 Unlimited
  • Resonance 3 Unlimited
  • Resonance 4 Unlimited
  • Resonance 5 and Atoms 1 Unlimited
  • Atoms 2 Unlimited
  • Atoms 3 Unlimited
  • Atoms 4 Unlimited
  • Atoms 5 and Atoms In External Fields 1 Unlimited
  • Atoms In External Field 2 Unlimited
  • Atoms In External Fields 3 Unlimited
  • Atoms In External Fields 4 and Atom-Light Interactions 1 Unlimited
  • Atom-Light Interactions 2 Unlimited
  • Atom-Light Interactions 3 Unlimited
  • Atom-Light Interactions 4 Unlimited
  • Atom-Light Interactions 5 Unlimited
  • Atom-Light Interactions 6 and Line Broadening 1 Unlimited
  • Line Broadening 2 Unlimited
  • Line Broadening 3 Unlimited
  • Line Broadening 4 and Two-Photon Excitation 1 Unlimited
  • Two-Photon Excitation 2 and Coherence 1 Unlimited
  • Coherence 2 Unlimited
  • Coherence 3 Unlimited
  • Coherence 4 Unlimited
  • Coherence 5 Unlimited