PHY 565
Quantum Electronics I

Atomic Physics

atomic structure, interactions with external fields,
 and resonance phenomena

Spring 2017
 
Meeting time and place Instructor

Lecture:

MoWe
  10:00-11:20   S-265  

Prof. Dominik Schneble

A-106 Office hours: W 12:30-2pm
 
     
topics   Atomic structure, interaction with static electric and magnetic fields; interaction with oscillating fields - atomic resonance, Bloch-sphere and dressed-state picture; coherence effects in three-level systems; laser-induced optical forces; spectroscopy techniques.

textbooks

  None required - lecture notes with chapter references to recommended textbooks will be provided as the course proceeds.
grading
PHY565: ~biweekly homework (45%), midterm (15%) & final (25%) exam; term paper (15%)



learning outcomes
Students who completed this course should have a thorough understanding of basic phenomena in AMO physics, should be able to describe these phenomena based on quantum mechanics and electrodynamics, and should be able to make quantitative estimates for them.







I
Atomic structure of hydrogen and alkali atoms


II
Atomic structure of multielectron atoms


III
Interaction of atoms with static fields


IV
Interaction of atoms with oscillating fields: atomic resonance


V
The mechanical effects of light on atoms: laser cooling and trapping


VI
Coherent processes in 3-level atoms


VII
Elements of laser physics and spectrosopy







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 updated 01/03/2017