Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Piraux Bernard;
Language
English
Prerequisites
Having followed LPHYS 2141 is an asset.
Main themes
Classical and quantum description of light-matter interaction, Floquet theory, dressed state model, coherent and squeezed states, statistical properties of light.
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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a. Contribution of the teaching unit to the learning outcomes of the programme (PHYS2M and PHYS2M1) AA 1.1, AA 1.2, AA 1.5, AA1.6, AA 3.1, AA3.2, AA 3.3, AA 3.4, AA 4.2, AA 5.2, AA 5.4, AA 8.1 b. Specific learning outcomes of the teaching unit At the end of this teaching unit, the student will be able to : 1. handle the description of laser-matter interaction using perturbative and non perturbative approaches ; 2. apply the dressed state model to various laser-atom interaction processes ; 3. use the quantification of light to describe coherent and squeezed states. |
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
Light-atom interaction.
Classical model.
Semi-classical model
Classical model.
Semi-classical model
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- Time-dependent and time-independent perturbation theory
- Level-shift operator
- Floquet theory
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- Field quantization
- Dressed state model
- Coherent states
- Squeezed states
Teaching methods
Lectures and exercises to be prepared at home before they are solved during the lectures.
Evaluation methods
Oral exam during which the student presents a work, the subject of which has been specified during the last lecture.
Online resources
The lecture notes
Bibliography
M. Fox, Quantum Optics, an introduction, Oxford Master Series in Atomic, Optical, and Laser Physics, 2006.
M. Fox , Optique quantique. Une introduction , trad. B. Piraux, De Boeck Université, 2011.
M.O. Scully & M.S. Zubairy « Quantum Optics », Cambridge University Press, 1997.
C. Cohen-Tannoudji, Bernard Diu, Franck Laloë, Mécanique quantique – Tome III, CNRS Editions, EDP Sciences - Collection : Savoirs actuels, 2017.
C. Cohen-Tannoudji, J. Dupont-Roc & G. Grynberg, Processus d’interaction entre photons et atomes , CNRS Édition, EDP Sciences, collection : Savoirs actuels, 2001.
G. Grynberg, A. Aspect, C . Fabre, Introduction to Quantum Optics, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
M. Fox , Optique quantique. Une introduction , trad. B. Piraux, De Boeck Université, 2011.
M.O. Scully & M.S. Zubairy « Quantum Optics », Cambridge University Press, 1997.
C. Cohen-Tannoudji, Bernard Diu, Franck Laloë, Mécanique quantique – Tome III, CNRS Editions, EDP Sciences - Collection : Savoirs actuels, 2017.
C. Cohen-Tannoudji, J. Dupont-Roc & G. Grynberg, Processus d’interaction entre photons et atomes , CNRS Édition, EDP Sciences, collection : Savoirs actuels, 2001.
G. Grynberg, A. Aspect, C . Fabre, Introduction to Quantum Optics, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Faculty or entity
PHYS
