PHYS 514 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Schedule

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Tentative Schedule. Potential topics for TBA lectures include: cavity QED, ion traps, Rydberg atoms, optical lattices, atom-like emitters/artificial atoms, quantum simulation, quantum memory, quantum networking

Week Date Lecture Reading Homework
1
Monday
8/25
      
Tuesday
8/27
 Intro; Dipole interaction    
Wednesday
8/28
      
Thursday
8/29
 Rabi dynamics    
Friday
8/30
      
2
Monday
8/31
      
Tuesday
9/3
 Dressed states; adiabatic transitions    
Wednesday
9/4
      
Thursday
9/5
 Quantization of the EM field    
Friday
9/6
      
3
Monday
9/9
      
Tuesday
9/10
 Spontaneous emission    
Wednesday
9/11
      
Thursday
9/12
 Density Matrices (Max lecturing)    
Friday
9/13
     HW 1 due
4
Monday
9/16
      
Tuesday
9/17
 Open quantum systems    
Wednesday
9/18
      
Thursday
9/19
 Saturation; radiative broadening    
Friday
9/20
      
5
Monday
9/23
      
Tuesday
9/24
 Quantum and classical light    
Wednesday
9/25
      
Thursday
9/26
 Hydrogen; Fine structure    
Friday
9/27
     HW 2 due
6
Monday
9/30
      
Tuesday
10/1

Helium

    
Wednesday
10/2
      
Thursday
10/3

Alkalis/Alkaline earth

    
Friday
10/4
      
7
Monday
10/7
      
Tuesday
10/8

Hyperfine structure

    
Wednesday
10/9
      
Thursday
10/10
 Zeeman and Stark shifts    
Friday
10/11
     HW 3 due
8
Monday
10/14
      
Tuesday
10/15

Three level atoms

    
Wednesday
10/16
      
Thursday
10/17

Ramsey spectroscopy; clocks, qubits and sensors

    
Friday
10/18
     Paper approval due
9
Monday
10/21
      
Tuesday
10/22
 Doppler broadening    
Wednesday
10/23
      
Thursday
10/24

Laser cooling; MOTs

    
Friday
10/25
     HW 4 due
10
Monday
10/28
      
Tuesday
10/29
 optical traps and evaporative cooling    
Wednesday
10/30
      
Thursday
10/31
 Finish laser cooling    
Friday
11/1
      
11
Monday
11/4
      
Tuesday
11/5
 NO CLASS (go vote!)    
Wednesday
11/6
      
Thursday
11/7
 TBA    
Friday
11/8
     HW 5 due
12
Monday
11/11
      
Tuesday
11/12
 TBA    
Wednesday
11/13
      
Thursday
11/14
 TBA    
Friday
11/15
     Talk abstract due
13
Monday
11/18
      
Tuesday
11/19
 TBA    
Wednesday
11/20
      
Thursday
11/21
 TBA    
Friday
11/22
     HW 6 due
14
Monday
11/25
      
Tuesday
11/26
 NO CLASS    
Wednesday
11/27
      
Thursday
11/28
 NO CLASS    
Friday
11/29
     HW 6 extended deadline
15
Monday
12/2
      
Tuesday
12/3
 Presentations    
Wednesday
12/4
      
Thursday
12/5
 Presentations    
Friday
12/6
      
16
Monday
12/7
      
Tuesday
12/8
 NO CLASS    
Final exam Tuesday
12/17
8-11 am		 Presentations