Physics 8.421

 

Atomic and optical Physics

 

 

 

 

Room

Tel.

e-mail

Lecturer:

Prof. Wolfgang Ketterle

26-243

253-6815

ketterle@mit.edu

Assistants:

Cort Johnson

13-2073

253-6803

cort@mit.edu

 

Yong-Il Shin

26-255

253-2518

yishin@mit.edu

 

Claudiu Andrei Stan

36-272b

452-2884

thyx@mit.edu

 

Erik W Streed

26-267

452-2501

streed@mit.edu

 

Kaiwen Xu

26-259

253-5926

kwxu@mit.edu

 

 

Lectures:         Wednesday, Friday, 11:00-12:30, Room 2-190

                        First day of classes: Wed, 2/4; Last day: Fri, 5/7

 

Special schedule:

Wednesdays:

No classes on 3/3, 3/24 (Spring vacation), 5/12

Fridays:

            No classes on 2/6, 3/5, 3/26 (Spring vacation)

Mondays:

3/1, 3/15, 3/29  (Make-up lectures for 3/3, 3/5, 5/12)

same time and location

Midterm exam is on Wed., April 7

 

 

HANDOUTS AND ANNouncements

 

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1

2/4

Course outline

Chapter 1

2

2/11

Handout Lecture 2 (additions to Chapter 1)

Homework assignment 1

 

 

Note: The homework can be dropped off at the lecture on the due date, or at Carol Costa’s office in 26-237.
Solutions will be posted the morning following the due date.

3

2/13

No handout

 

 

 

Note:  Please make sure that Carol Costa (Cacosta@mit.edu) has your e-mail address - that’s how we inform you about important updates.

 

 

Note:  Midterm exam is on Wed., April 7

4

2/18

Chapter 2

Homework assignment 2

5

2/20

Solutions HW 1

Chapter 3

6

2/25

Chapters 4 and 5

Homework assignment 3

 

 

Note:  Next week, class on Monday, but not on Wed and Fri

7

2/27

Chapter 6

Solutions HW 2

8

3/1

Homework assignment 4

Chapter 7

9

3/10

Homework assignment 5

Solutions HW 3

10

3/12

Solutions HW 4

Chapter 6 (addition on index of refraction)

11

3/15

No handout

 

12

3/17

Homework assignment 6

Chapter 7 (addition on saturation)

13

3/19

Solutions HW 5

 

14

3/29

Chapter 8

 

15

3/31

Homework assignment 7

 

 

 

2000 Midterm Quiz

2000 Midterm Quiz Solutions

 

 

Midterm Quiz on 4/7 is closed book; covers Chapters 1 – 8.4
All relevant formulae will be given

 

 

Recitation for HW assignment # 7:

Monday, 4/5, 11 am, in 26-214 (CUA seminar room)

16

4/2

Solutions HW 6

 

17

4/7

Midterm Quiz

Homework assignment 8

18

4/9

Chapter 9

 

19

4/14

Chapter 10

Chapter 10 (addition on quantum beats)

 

 

Homework assignment 9

Midterm Quiz

20

4/16

Solutions HW 8

Chapter 10 papers

21

4/21

Homework assignment 10

 

22

4/23

Solutions HW 9

 

23

4/28

Chapter 10.5.5

 

24

4/30

Solutions HW 10

 

 

 

Dicke paper

BEC Superradiance

25

5/5

EDM paper

 

26

5/7

Interferometry paper