Title: Quantum Optics
ECTS points: 7.5
Institution: the Niels Bohr Institute
Schedule: Mondays and Thursday, Feb 4th- April 13th, 2008 (Running every year in the period April-June).
Assessment: oral exam
Responsible: Jörg Helge Müller; Henrik Smith
Content
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The course introduces quantum optics, i.e. the quantum mechanical aspects of the interaction between light and matter. The photon concept is introduced with the quantization of the free electromagnetic field and the role of boundary conditions is analyzed. Measurement of field correlation properties by photo-detection are discussed, and simple input/output systems are analyzed. Spontaneous emission is treated by semi-classical perturbation theory and by quantum optical methods. Rabi-oscillations in strong laser fields are analyzed and several applications of quantum optics are discussed.
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