After successful completion of the course, students are able to model the propagation of light in atomic gases, to describe non-linear optical quantum effects and the generation of entangled photon pairs, to analyse different laser cooling schemes for trapped atoms, to explain collective phenomena such as Dicke superradiance and to perfom numerical simulations of simple quantum optical systems.
(1) Electromagnetically induced transparency, slow light and quantum memories for light; (2) nonlinear quantum optical effects; (3) entangled photons and the Bell inequality; (4) Laser cooling and trapping of neutral atoms and ions: Doppler- Sisyphus-cooling; optical traps; (5) collective phenomena and Dicke superradiance; (6) numerical simulations of quantum optical systems
lectures and programming exercises
The first lecture will take place on Wed. 09.03.2022 at 10:15.
oral exam at the end of the term. Estimated duration: 45 minutes
Quantum Optics I
