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HU Credits:
3
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
Applied Physics
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
English
Campus:
E. Safra
Course/Module Coordinator:
Nir Bar-Gill
Coordinator Office Hours:
Through appointment
Teaching Staff:
Prof Nir Bar-Gill
Course/Module description:
• Quantization of the EM field (short recap)
• Field quadratures, connection to harmonic oscillator
• Quantum vacuum, casimir
• Fock states, coherent states, thermal states, shift operator
• Coherence, 2nd order coherence, Hanbury-Brown Twiss
• Distribution functions (Wigner, Hussimi, P-representation)
• Squeezed-states, cat-states (applications to metrology, QI)
• Non-linear effects for creating squeezed/entangled states
• Measurements, photon detection, homodyne
• Hong-Ou-Mandel effect
• Polarization ("internal" degree of freedom, photonic spin)
• Two-level system, coupling to classical field (Rabi, detuning, ...)
Coupling to atoms, cavities (Jaynes-Cummings model, dressed-states)
Course/Module aims:
- Acquaintance with the field of quantum optics, its basic concepts, and its influence on current state-of-the-art research.
- Acquire the ability to understand and solve relevant problems.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
- Understand and solve problems related to quantum optics, and atomic interactions with EM fields
- Relate to fundamental concepts in the field and their importance
- Understand current research based on the quantum optics concepts
Attendance requirements(%):
0
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lecture with students participation, home assignments.
Course/Module Content:
• Quantization of the EM field (short recap)
• Field quadratures, connection to harmonic oscillator
• Quantum vacuum, casimir
• Fock states, coherent states, thermal states, shift operator
• Coherence, 2nd order coherence, Hanbury-Brown Twiss
• Distribution functions (Wigner, Hussimi, P-representation)
• Squeezed-states, cat-states (applications to metrology, QI)
• Non-linear effects for creating squeezed/entangled states
• Measurements, photon detection, homodyne
• Hong-Ou-Mandel effect
• Polarization ("internal" degree of freedom, photonic spin)
• Two-level system, coupling to classical field (Rabi, detuning, ...)
Coupling to atoms, cavities (Jaynes-Cummings model, dressed-states)
Required Reading:
- Scully and Zubairy, Quantum Optics
- Lukin and Greiner, Advanced topics in AMO
- Cohen-Tannoudji, Photons and Atoms
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 70 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 30 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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