Course Description:

The field of quantum optics has made a revolution on modern physics, from laser, precise measurement, Bose-Einstein condensates, quantum information process, to the fundamental issues in quantum mechanics.

Through this course, I want to provide an in-depth and wide-ranging introduction to the fundamental concepts for quantum optics, including physical concepts, mathematical methods, simulation techniques, basic principles and applications.

Current researches on non-classical state generation, quantum noise measurement, nonlinear quantum pulse propagation, quantum interference, quantum information science, Bose-Einstein condensates, and atom optics would also be stressed.

Background requirements: Basics of quantum mechanics, electromagnetic theory, and nonlinear optics.

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Notes:

Introduction; update at Feb. 24, 2009.

Quantization

Coherent and Squeezed states

atom-field interaction

Fluorescence

Cavity-QED

Lasers

quantum nonlinear optics

QND

quantum theory of pulse propagation

quantum information processing