Ders Adı |
Foundations of Quantum Optics-II |
Ders Kodu |
OPE552 |
Ders Açıklama |
Introduction to semiclassical laser theory. Fundamental laser equation. Stability analysis, laser threshold, frequency pulling. Small signal and saturated gain. Laser linewidth. Field quantization in the Coulomb gauge. Field observables, vacuum fluctuations. Number states, coherent states, squeezed states, wave packets. The quantum beam splitter. Atom-field interaction in the dipole approximation. Two-level atom. The Jaynes-Cummings model. Dressed states. Weisskopf-Wigner
theory of spontaneous emission. Quantum theory of photodetection. Classical and quantum theories of optical coherence. Correlation functions. Hanbury Brown and Twiss interferometry. Photon antibunching. Two-photon interferometry.
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Ders Kredi |
3 |
ECTS |
6 |