4020180112 Quantum Optics
Digital- & Präsenz-basierter Kurs
- classroom language
- DE
- aims
- A deeper understanding of light-matter interaction and the quantum nature of light and matter.
- requirements
- Knowledge of Optics, Quantum Mechanics, and
the content of either the course Laser Physics or Fundamentals of Optical Sciences.
- structure / topics / contents
- Fundamentals of Quantum Optics (brief repetition)
Quantum-optical 3-level systems (electromagnetically induced transparency, slow light, etc.)
Quasi probability distributions (Wigner, Husimi, Glauber-Sudarshan)
System-reservoir interaction (Markov approximation, Wigner-Weisskopf theory, Langevin equation, Fluctuation-dissipation theorem)
Quantum electrodynamics in cavities
Laser theory (semiclassical and full quantum-mechanical description)
Quantum-optical tests of quantum mechanics
Fundamentals of atom optics (coherent matter waves)
- assigned modules
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P24.4.b
P35.1
P35.3
- amount, credit points; Exam / major course assessment
- 4 SWS, 6 SP/ECTS (Arbeitsanteil im Modul für diese Lehrveranstaltung, nicht verbindlich)
Written or oral exam (to be determined by the examiner)
- contact
- Prof. Alejandro Saenz, Raum NEW15, 2'208, Tel.: 4902