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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Atomic and Optical Physics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology via MITx Online

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This course provides the foundations for contemporary research in selected areas of atomic and optical physics, including the quantum-mechanical behavior of atoms and photons, and how these properties may relate to quantum information processing.

Syllabus

  • How atoms interact with radiation
  • The concept and methods of resonance
  • The structure of simple atoms
  • The behavior of atoms in cavities
  • Simple quantum information concepts arising in atomic physics

Taught by

Wolfgang Ketterle, Isaac Chuang, and David E. Pritchard

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