Physics 721 - Atomic and Optical Physics
Tu and Th 8:30 to 10:00 AM room: 3301 Physics
Instructors:
Luis Orozco office: 2127 Physics phone: 405-9740
Office hour Tu 10 to 11 AM, and by appointment
Steven Rolston
office: 2125 Physics phone: 405-7189
Office hour
Th 10 to 11 AM, and by appointment.
We will divide the lecture roughly by topics; either of us will be available for questions on any of the course topics.
Texts:
1) L. C. Allen and
J. H. Eberly,
"Optical Resonance and Two-level
Atoms", Dover
2) Rodney
Loudon, "The Quantum Theory of Light", 3rd
Edition, Oxford
Recommended:
W. Demtroder, "Laser
Spectroscopy," Springer
Homework:
Homework will
consist of one problem assigned each
Thursday, due the following Thursday. No late homework accepted.
Mid term:
The mid-term exam will be a take-home exam, given on 23 Oct.11. and due on by 5:00 PM on 28 Oct.
Final exam:
Instead of a final exam, you will select an article in AMO physics, published in Physical Review Letters, Physical Review A, Science, Nature, or JOSA B since January 2003. A suggested list of papers will be supplied, and your selection will be due on 20 Nov. You will write a critical review of the paper, as if you had been asked to do so by a journal (see APS website for information). The review will be due on 16 Dec.
Grades:
Homework: 40%, Mid-term: 30%, Final project: 30%
If you have a documented disability and wish to discuss academic accommodations, please contact one of us as soon as possible.
Tentative Course Outline:
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2-Sep |
Introduction/classical
radiation theory |
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4-Sep - 11-Sep. |
Optical Bloch equations |
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16-Sep |
Quantization of the EM
field |
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18-Sep |
Dressed Atoms |
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23-Sep |
Einstein A & B
coefficients |
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25-Sep |
Spontaneous/stimulated
emission |
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30-Sep - 2-Oct |
Atomic structure (fs,
hfs) |
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7-Oct -14-Oct |
Atomic spectroscopy
(Raman, 2-photon...) |
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16-Oct - 21-Oct |
Zeeman and Stark effects |
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23-Oct - 28-Oct |
Atoms in high fields (B
and E) |
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30-Oct - 4-Nov |
Optical pumping |
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6-Nov - 11-Nov |
Classical coherence of
light |
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13-Nov - 25-Nov |
Lasers |
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2-Dec - 9-Dec |
Laser cooling and
trapping |
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11-Dec |
The atomic clock |
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16-Dec |
Final project due |