Informations
2020 Fall semester
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Lecturer: Péter Domokos (Wigner RCP)
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Email: domokos.peter@wigner.hu
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Textbook: Mark Fox: Quantum Optics (Oxford University Press)
Course requirements
Basic knowledge of the basic concepts of quantum optics: the written examen aims at checking the acquaintance with the notions typeset by boldface in the recommended book (Quantum Optics by Mark Fox)
Topics
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Fundamentals of optics (index of refraction, coherence, Michelson interferometer)
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Fundamentals of quantum mechanics (structure of atoms, harmonic oscillator, Stern-Gerlach experiment)
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Radiative transitions in atoms (Einstein coefficients, linewidth, line shape)
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Photon statistics (single photon counters, Poissonian statistics, photodiodes, shot noise)
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Photon antibunching (Hanbury-Brown and Twiss experiment, second order correlation function, single photon source)
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Quantization of the electromagnetic field (modes, minimum uncertainty states, coherent states, vacuum, squeezed states, homodyne detection)
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Quantum statistics of light (creation and annihilation operators, photon number states)
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Resonant light-atom interaction (weak interaction, Rabi oscillation, density matrix, Bloch equations)
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Atoms in cavities (cavity modes, Purcell effect, Jaynes-Cummings model)
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Cold atoms (laser cooling, magneto-optical trap, Bose-Einstein condensation)
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Quantum cryptography (quantum key distribution BB84 protocol)
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Entangled states and quantum teleportation
