Ph 585   Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Physics Department, Oregon State University

Spring 2025 term

Instructor: Oksana Ostroverkhova (Wngr 413)
Lectures: MWF 2 PM Weniger 304

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DateLectures AssignmentsNotes
03/31 Review of hydrogenic atoms.(notes)    
04/02 Interaction of an atom with EM wave.(notes) HW 1 (solutions)  
04/04 Absorption and emission. (notes)   WS 1
04/07 Stimulated and spontaneous emission.(notes)   WS 2
04/09 no class: will be scheduling a make-up    
04/11 Spontaneous emission in the electric dipole approximation. HW 2(solutions)   For Problem 1 of HW 2
04/14 Selection rules.(notes)   WS 3  
04/16 Line shapes and widths. (notes) HW 3(solutions) WS 4 Photon orbital ang. mom. for electric quadrupole transitions
04/18 Two-electron atoms.(notes)   WS 5  
04/21 Helium atom.(notes) HW 4(solutions) WS 6 Hansch Nobel lecture (for HW 4)
04/23 Helium atom (ctd).   WS 7 1st observation of doubly-excited states of He  
04/25 Many-electron atoms. The central field approximation.(notes)   WS 8