Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 8.422 (Spring 2005) 
• Course Title:
• Atomic and Optical Physics II 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Physics 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Issac Chuang
  Prof. Wolfgang Ketterle 
• Course Introduction:
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  8.422 Atomic and Optical Physics II
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2005

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features a readings section, as well as a full set of assignments.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This is the second of a two-semester subject sequence beginning with Atomic and Optical Physics I (8.421) that provides the foundations for contemporary research in selected areas of atomic and optical physics.  Topics covered include non-classical states of light, multi-photon processes, coherence, trapping and cooling, atomic interactions, and experimental methods.