| Center |
| Faculty of Physics |
| Departament |
| Optics and Optometry and Vision Sciences |
| Lecturers in charge |
| H5021 - GERMAN JOSE DE VALCARCEL GONZALVO |
| Met. Docent |
| The teacher will explain at the classroom the contents of the course programe, and will propose to the students several exercises and other tasks. Highly autonomous computer sessions for solving problems numerically will occur as well. There could be a number of seminars. |
| Met. Avaluació |
| Along the course, several tasks will be proposed to the students, the evaluation of which will provide between a 30% and a 40% of the final mark. A writen exam will also be made, which will focus mainly on fundamental aspects (between a 70% and a 60% of the final mark). |
| Bibliografia |
| R. Loudon, The quantum theory of light (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1983) P. Meystre and M. Sargent III, Elements of Quantum Optics (Springer, Berlin, 1990) M. Sargent III, M.O. Scully and W.E. Lamb Jr., Laser physics (Addison-Wesley, Reading, 1973) P. Milonni and J.H. Eberly, Lasers (John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1988) H. Haken, Light (vols. 1 and 2) (North Holland, Amsterdam, 1985) C. Cohen-Tannoudji, J. Dupont-Roc and G. Grynberg, Photons and atoms. Introduction to Quantum Electrodynamics (John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1989) W.H. Louisell, Quantum statistical properties of radiation (John Wiley and Sons, Nueva York, 1973) W. Vogel y D.G. Welsch, Lectures on Quantum Optics (Akademie, Berlin, 1994) D.F. Walls and G.J. Milburn, Quantum Optics (Springer, Berlin) |
| Continguts |
| CONTENTS The course offers an elementary description of the light-atom interaction, as well as of the quantum properties of the electromagnetic field in the optic domain. The aim of this subject is double. First, the course contains the foundations of Quantum Optics, so that a later in-depth study can be carried out on firm bases. Second, the course contains a number of concrete applications to give a general vision of the Quantum Optics. Unit 1: Semiclassical theory of the interaction between light and atoms. Tema 1. The two-level atom. Formulation. Tema 2. Basic processes in the interaction of light with two level atoms. Tema 3. Semiclassical theory of the potoelectric effect. Photodetection and optical coherence. Tema 4. The three-level atoms. Tema 5. Density matrix. Optical Bloch equations. Tema 6. Refractive index, absorption and amplification. Tema 7. Semiclassical theory of lasing. Unit 2: Quantum theory of light. Tema 8. Light quantization. Tema 9. Photons. Quantum properties of vacuum. Tema 10.Coherent states. Tema 11. Squeezed states. Tema 12. Photodetection and coherence. Tema 13. The Jaynes-Cummings model. Tema 14. Spontaneous emission and Lamb shift. Tema 15. Entanglement and squeezed light. |
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