PHY 565
Quantum Electronics I

Atomic Physics

Spring 2024
 
Meeting time and place Instructor

Lecture:

 TuTh
  7-8:20 PM
   P-125  

Prof. Dominik Schneble

 S-114 Office hours: Tu 2:30-4PM
  
     
Topics   Atomic structure, interaction of atoms with static fields; interaction with oscillating fields - atomic resonance and dressed states; coherence effects in three-level systems. Spectroscopy techniques; optical forces; ultracold collisions and atomic quantum gases.
Materials
   No textbook required - lecture notes with chapter references to recommended textbooks will be provided as the course proceeds. All materials (lecture notes and homework problems) will be managed in Brightspace. 
Grading
~biweekly homework (50%), midterm (15%) & final (15%) exam; term paper (20%)




I
 Atomic structure of hydrogen and alkali atoms; multielectr. atoms

II
 Interaction of atoms with static electric and magnetic fields

III
 Atomic resonance and dressed states; Jaynes-Cummings model

IV
 Coherence effects in 3-level atoms: dark states and EIT

V
 Elements of laser physics and spectroscopy

VI
 The mechanical effects of light on atoms: laser cooling and trapping; optical tweezers, traps and lattices

VII
 Ultracold collisions and atomic quantum gases



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



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