Hartmann Group
Quantum Optics and Quantum Dynamics
Teaching:
Summer Semester 2011
Theoretical Quantum Optics II
Wednesdays 12.00 – 14.00 PH HS3 in building Physik Department I
for more information, see TUM Online
The lectures are planned for two semesters. For the second part (SS 11), topics include:
cavity quantum electrodynamics
laser cooling and optical lattices
ion traps
Prerequisites: Quantum mechanics I, Theoretical Quantum Optics I
Recommended literature:
D.F. Walls and G.J. Milburn: Quantum Optics (Springer 2006)
C. Cohen-Tannoudji, J. Dupont-Roc and G. Grynberg: Atom-Photon Interactions (Wiley 1992)
Metcalf and van der Straten: Laser Cooling and Trapping (Springer 1999)
Karl-Peter Marzlin: Atom-Light Interactions (available at http://physics.stfx.ca/~pmarzlin/lectures/al0203/ http://lukin.physics.harvard.edu/teaching.htm
Mikhail Lukin: Atomic and Optical Physics (available at http://lukin.physics.harvard.edu/teaching.htm http://lukin.physics.harvard.edu/teaching.htm
Summaries of the lectures:
Click here to download summaries of the lectures. These will be constantly updated and also include the parts discussed in the winter term.
Winter Semester 2010/2011
Theoretical Quantum Optics I
Tuesdays 14.00 – 16.00 room 127 in building Physik Department II
for more information, see TUM Online
The lectures are planned for two semesters. For the first part (WS 10/11), topics include:
quantisation, coherence properties and representations of the electromagnetic field
quantum phenomena in nonlinear optics, generation and applications of squeezed light
stochastic methods, open quantum systems and master equations
interaction of light with atoms
Prerequisites: Quantum mechanics I (mandatory), Electrodynamics (recommended)
Recommended literature:
D.F. Walls and G.J. Milburn: Quantum Optics (Springer 2006)
The lectures will mostly follow this book
M.O. Scully and M.S. Zubairy: Quantum Optics (Cambridge Univ. Press 1997)
A bit more detailed than Walls and Milburn and with more emphasis on experimental applications
L. Mandel and E. Wolf: Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics (Cambridge 1995)
Very detailed presentation of the coherence properties of the electromagnetic field, also includes atom-photon interactions
C. Cohen-Tannoudji, J. Dupont-Roc and G. Grynberg: Atom-Photon Interactions (Wiley 1992)
Very detailed presentation of the theory of light-atom interaction
Summaries of the lectures:
Click here to download summaries of the lectures. These will be constantly updated.
Here you also find a script on the lectures, that Björn Sbierski kindly provided.
23.03.2009 - 03.04.2009
Quantum Optical Systems / Theoretical Quantum Optics II
daily 10:00 - 13:00 at the MPQ in room B0.21
the lectures are tought together with Dr. Geza Giedke and Prof. Ignacio Cirac
for more information, please refer to UNIVIS or follow this link.
Winter Semester 2008/2009
Theoretical Quantum Optics
Mondays 10.00 – 12.00 room 3343
The lectures are planned for two semesters. For the first part (WS 08/09), topics include:
quantisation, coherence properties and representations of the electromagnetic field
quantum phenomena in nonlinear optics, generation and applications of squeezed light
stochastic methods, open quantum systems and master equations
interaction of light with atoms
Prerequisites: Quantum mechanics I (mandatory), Electrodynamics (recommended)
Recommended literature:
D.F. Walls and G.J. Milburn: Quantum Optics (Springer 1994)
The lectures will mostly follow this book
M.O. Scully and M.S. Zubairy: Quantum Optics (Cambridge Univ. Press 1997)
A bit more detailed than Walls and Milburn and with more emphasis on experimental applications
L. Mandel and E. Wolf: Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics (Cambridge 1995)
Very detailed presentation of the coherence properties of the electromagnetic field, also includes atom-photon interactions
C. Cohen-Tannoudji, J. Dupont-Roc and G. Grynberg: Atom-Photon Interactions (Wiley 1992)
Very detailed presentation of the theory of light-atom interaction