Bf.25 Optical Physics
Indhold Basic concepts of optical physics, including coherent light-atom interaction, physics of lasers, non-linear optics and elements of quantum optics.
Interaction of light with atoms. Rabi oscillations. Absorption and dispersion of atomic medium. Density matrix and Bloch equations. Relaxation effects in light-atom interactions. Spectral line broadening. Physics of lasers. Optical resonators and ABCD matrix formalism. Specific modern lasers. Introduction to nonlinear optics. Second harmonic generation, parametric processes and Raman processes. Effects due to quantum nature of light. Photon statistics. Mechanical effects of light on atoms. Cooling and trapping of atoms. Throughout the course basic wave optics phenomena such as interference, coherence, diffraction, polarization and optical modulation are revisited, with emphasis on applications.
Litteratur P.W. Milonni and J.H. Eberly, "Lasers" (Wiley, 1988, or 1999).
Kursets form og omfang 2 timers forelæsning og 1-2 timers øvelser om ugen.
Lærer Eugene Polzik
Belastning 1 point/5 ECTS.
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