Atomic and Optical Physics I

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MIT 8.421 Atomic and Optical Physics I, Spring 2014 View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/8-421S14 Instructor: Wolfgang Ketterle This lecture started with the introduction of the classical resonance and provided a general overview of resonance. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More inform…

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    Lecture 25: Coherence V

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    In this video, the professor discussed about superradiance.

    Lecture 25: Coherence V

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    In this video, the professor discussed about superradiance.

    Lecture 24: Coherence IV

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    In this video, the professor reviewed dark state transfer and discussed about using AC electric fields to mix S and P states, electromagnetic induced transparency (EIT), Fano profile, two-photon absorption, and slow light.

    Lecture 22: Coherence II

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    In this video, the professor reviewed spontaneous emission and discussed coherence in two-level systems.

    Lecture 23: Coherence III

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    In this video, the professor discussed coherence in three-level systems.

    Lecture 20: Line Broadening IV and Two-photon Excitation I

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    In this lecture, the professor discussed Dicke narrowing, spectrum of emitted light, collisional broadening and two-photon transitions.

    Lecture 21: Two-photon Excitation II and Coherence I

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    In this lecture, the professor explained some cases of two-photon processes and started to discuss about coherence.

    Lecture19: Line Broadening III

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    In this lecture, the professor discussed doppler broadening, line shape of confined particles, and Dicke narrowing.

    Lecture 13: Atom-light Interactions II

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    In this lecture, the professor continued to talk about matrix elements and atom-light Interactions.

    Lecture 17: Atom-light Interactions VI and Line Broadening I

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    In this video, the professor continued to talk about atom-light Interactions and started to discuss line shifts and broadening.

    Lecture 11: Atoms in External Fields III

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    In this video, the professor reviewed second order perturbation theory and discussed beyond the quadratic Stark effect, field ionization, and atoms in oscillating electric fields.

    Lecture 18: Line Broadening II

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    In this lecture, the professor used simple cases to explain line shifts and broadening.

    Lecture 16: Atom-light Interactions V

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    In this video, the professor reviewed vacuum Rabi oscillation and discussed two-level Hamiltonian.

    Lecture 10: Atoms in External Fields II

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    In this lecture, the professor summarized atoms in external magnetic fields and discussed atoms in external electric fields.

    Lecture 9: Atoms V and Atoms in External Fields I

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    In this lecture, the professor discussed atoms without external fields and atoms in external magnetic fields.

    Lecture 14: Atom-light Interactions III

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    In this lecture, the professor discussed Einstein's A and B coefficients and spontaneous emission.

    Lecture 15: Atom-light Interactions IV

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    In this lecture, the professor first reviewed Einstein's A and B coefficients and spontaneous emission, then discussed degeneracy factors, fully quantized Hamiltonian, and vacuum Rabi oscillation.

    Lecture 3: Resonance III

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    In this lecture, the professor reviewed harmonic oscillator, gave two examples about harmonic oscillator and discussed about motion in a rotating magnetic field.

    Lecture 12: Atoms in External Fields IV and Atom-light Interactions I

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    In this lecture, the professor discussed index of refraction and started to talk about atom-light Interactions.

    Lecture 7: Atoms III

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    In this lecture, the professor continued to talk about helium and discussed about fine structure of atoms and lamb shift.

    Lecture 8: Atoms IV

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    In this lecture, the professor continued to talk about lamb shift and discussed effects of the nucleus on atomic structure.

    Lecture 6: Atoms II

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    In this lecture, the professor talked about the atomic units, atomic structure, helium atom and energy levels of helium.

    Lecture 5: Resonance V and Atoms I

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    In this lecture, the professor reviewed Landau-Zener problem; discussed density matrix formalism for arbitrary two-level systems; and started the new chapter "Atoms".

    Lecture 1: Resonance I

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    This lecture started with the introduction of the classical resonance and provided a general overview of resonance.

    Lecture 2: Resonance II

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    In this lecture, the professor discussed harmonic oscillator and precision frequency measurement.

    Lecture 4: Resonance IV

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    In this lecture, the professor discussed about quantized spin in a magnetic field and Landau-Zener problem.

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