Physics 721

Atomic and Optical Physics - Fall 2003

Instructors:  L. Orozco and S. Rolston

Class location: 3301 Physics, TuTh 8:30-9:50AM

Syllabus

Lecture Notes

Sept. 2
Classical Thy of radiation
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Sept. 4
Resonance thy of optics    Ch.1 Allen and Eberly   HW #1
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Sept. 9
Optical Bloch Eqs.    Ch. 2 A & E
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Sept. 11
OBEs cont.     HW #2
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Sept. 16
Quantization of the EM field
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Sept. 18
Hurricane Isabel

Sept. 23
Dressed Atoms
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Sept. 25
Einstein A & B coefficients   HW #3
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Sept. 30
Atomic structure
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Oct. 2
Atomic structure cont.   HW #4
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Oct. 7
Atomic Spectroscopy
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Oct. 9
Atomic Spectroscopy cont.  HW#5
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Oct. 14
Three-level atoms, CPT, and EIT
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Oct. 16
Zeeman and Stark Shifts   HW #6
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Oct. 21
Zeeman and Stark shifts cont.
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Oct. 23
Atoms in high fields     mid-term exam due 10/28
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Oct. 28
Atoms in high fields, cont.
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Oct. 30
Optical Pumping HW #7
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Nov. 4
Optical pumping cont.
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Nov. 6
Classical coherence of light  HW #8
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Nov. 11
Coherence of light cont.
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Nov. 13
Lasers  HW #9
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Nov. 18
Lasers cont.
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Nov. 20
Lasers cont.
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Nov. 25
Lasers cont.
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Nov. 27
Thanksgiving - no class

Dec. 2
Laser cooling and trapping
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Dec. 4
Laser cooling and trapping cont.
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Dec. 7
Laser cooling and trapping cont.
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Dec. 9
Laser cooling and trapping cont.
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Dec. 11
Atomic clocks
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Dec. 16
Final project due via email by 10:00 AM


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