Course Credits: meets 3 hours per week (MWF for 1 hour) for a total of 3 credits.
Class meeting time: M, W, F 2:00-2:50 (or 3 hours of lectures weekly)
Prerequisites, Co-requisites and Enforced Prerequisites
Strongly recommended: PH 652 or PH 451 (or equivalent full-year undergraduate sequence of quantum mechanics)
Instructor: Matt Graham
Office: Wngr 375
Phone: (541) 737-4386
Website: AMO Physics
1. Class slides and supplemental instructor notes. Uploaded just after each class.
2. Physics of Atoms and Molecules(2nd Ed. OR 1st online edition), B. H. Bransden and C. J. Joachain
3. Quantum Optics, Mark Fox, Oxford Press (2008).
4. Qiskit Textbook, Learn python-based quantum coding
(B=Bransden, Joachain)
(F= Fox)
Qunatized EM Field (week 1)
Introduce Semiclassical Field-Matter Interactions (weeks 1-3)
Absorption and stimulated emission
Spontaneous Emission
Review Atoms in E fields and B fields
Optical Spectroscopy of atoms (weeks 3-4)
Solving for the helium atom and many-electron atoms
Spin-orbit coupling
Linear response theory, Absorption and emission spectroscopy
Modern AMO Topics (weeks 5-10)
Coherent field-matter interactions, Rabi flopping
Quantum computing, logic gates
Quantum teleportation, EPR paradox
Lasers and cavities
IBM Quantum Console Qbit Algorithms
Problem Sets will be given approximately most week (approx 7 sets). Full solutions to all problems will be provided, which are for students personal use only. Do not post solutions on the web or otherwise pass them on to others.
Late problem sets are accepted upto 6 DAYS LATE with a 10% late penalty.
After 6 days you should still submit, but the solutions will be posted so we will not grade it until of the terrm. It will still be considered in tabulating your end-score, so please do submit.
- Problem Sets (total) 35%
- Presentation/Notes OR Term Paper: 15%
- Midterm 15%
- Final exam 35%
The final exam is comprehensive and covers material from the entire course.
Grading Scale*:
86-100%: A 80-85%: A-
77-79%: B+ 74-76%: B
70-73%: B-
67-69%: C+ 64-66%: C 60-63%: C-
57-59%: D+ 54-56%: D 50-53%: D-
< 50%: F
*Exact grade cut-offs may vary 1-3%
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