1: Introduction; Planck's theory | 26/3, 13:15-15 | |
Notes (pdf) | Loudon: 1.1-1.5 |
Recommended exercises: 1.1 |
2: Einstein theory | |
26/3, 15:15-17 |
Notes (pdf) | 1.6-1.7 | Recommended exercises: 1.2-1.6 |
3: Semiclassical interaction | |
30/3, 13:15-15 |
Notes (pdf) | 2.1-2.2 2.5 (first part) |
Recommended exercises: 2.1, 2.4, 2.7 |
4: Line broadening; Optical Bloch equations | |
30/3, 15:15-17 |
Notes (pdf) | 2.6 (first part) 2.7 2.9 (first part) |
Recommended exercises: 2.2-2.3 , 2.5 , 2.8-2.9 |
5: Classical coherence theory | |
31/3, 8:15-10 |
Notes (pdf) | 3.1,3.3 3.4 (first part) 3.5 (briefly) 3.7 (first part) 3.8 (briefly) |
Recommended exercises: 3.1-3.9 |
6: Quantization of the EM-field | |
19/4, 8:15-10 |
Notes (pdf) | 4.1-4.2 4.3 (briefly) |
Recommended exercises: 4.1-4.3 |
Deadline for submission of Assignment 1 | ||
7: Quantized field, interaction with matter | |
20/4, 13:15-15 |
Notes (pdf) | 4.4, 4.8 | Recommended exercises: 4.9 |
Problem class | |
20/4, 15:15-17 |
8: Second quantization, the irradiance operator | |
26/4, 8:15-10 |
Notes (pdf) | 4.9 (except last) 4.10 4.11 (briefly) |
Recommended exercises: 4.7-4.8, 4.10-4.11 |
9: Single-mode quantized light | |
27/4, 15:15-17 |
Notes (pdf) | 5.1 5.2 (except last part) 5.3 |
Recommended exercises: 5.1-5.4 |
10: Quantum interferometry, non-classical light, multi-mode light |
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29/4, 13:15-15 |
Notes (pdf) | 5.8 5.9 (except chaotic) 5.10 (very briefly) 6.2 |
Recommended exercises: 5.8-5.9 |
Problem class | |
29/4, 15:15-17 |
11: Multimode light, bunching and anti-bunching | |
3/5, 8:15-10 |
Notes (pdf) | 6.3 (except last part) 6.4-6.5 |
Recommended exercises: 6.1-6.5 |
Deadline for submission of Assignment 2 | ||
12: The Casimir force, Heisenberg picture | |
4/5, 15:15-17 |
Notes (pdf) | 6.12 4.7 |
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13: Absorption and amplification of light by matter | |
6/5, 15:15-17 |
Notes (pdf) | 7.1 7.2 (except last part) 7.3 (briefly) |
Recommended exercises: 7.1-7.4 |
14: Laser fluctuations | |
10/5, 8:15-10 |
Notes (pdf) | 7.4,7.7 7.8 (just results) 7.9 (just results) |
Recommended exercises: 7.5-7.10 |
Problem class | |
11/5, 15:15-17 |
Deadline for submission of Assignment 3 | ||
15: Scattering, fluorescence | |
17/5, 8:15-10 |
Notes (pdf) | 8.2 8.4 (except last part) |
Recommended exercises in Loudon: 8.2, 8.3 |
16: Quantum jumps, cascade emission,
EPR, Bell's theorem |
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18/5, 15:15-17 |
Notes (pdf) | 8.5 (very briefly) 8.6 (except last part) Handouts |
Recommended exercises in Loudon: 8.4,8.5,8.6 |
Deadline for submission of Assignment 4 | ||
17: Catch up | |
21/5, 13:15-15 |
18: QND measurements,
Quantum Zeno effect |
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24/5, 8:15-10 |
Notes (pdf) | Literature: Handouts |
Recommended exercises: Handouts |
Problem class | |
25/5, 15:15-17 |
Problem class | |
26/5, 8:15-10 |
Problem class | |
26/5, 10:15-12 |
Deadline for submission of Assignment 5 | |
26/5 |
Deadline for submission of Assignment 6 | |
31/5 |