Physics 8.421 Spring 2012

 

                             Atomic and optical Physics

 

 

Room

Tel.

e-mail

Lecturers:

Prof. Wolfgang Ketterle

26-243

253-6815

ketterle@mit.edu

Assistants:

Wenlan Chen

26-223

452-4374

cwlaser@MIT.EDU

 

Wujie Huang

26-259

253-5926

wjhuang@MIT.EDU

 

Mark Ku

26-267

mku@MIT.EDU

 

Qiyu Liang

26-335

q_liang@MIT.EDU

 

Hao Zhang

26-217

htzhang@mit.edu

Secretary:

Joanna Keseberg

26-237

253-6830

j_k@mit.edu

Lectures:     Mondays, Wednesdays (and some Fridays:  3/9, 4/13, 4/27, and on Tue 2/21)

11:00-12:30, Room 4-370

                        First day of classes: Wed, 2/8

Office hours: 

Wolfgang Ketterle:  Thu 3-4 or by appointment (just send an e-mail ….)

TAs:  see problem sets

 

 

Term papers due:  Wed, 5/16/2012 (last day of class).  Please email papers to WK

Midterm exam:  in class (11:00 – 12:30) on Wed, April 18, 2012.

(closed book ---- all necessary formulae will be provided.  Exam will test understanding, rather than memorization).

Previous midterm exams    2008   2010

 

Web Site for 2010                   Web Site for 8.422

 

Atomic Physics Wiki with Typed Lecture Notes

 

Class Write-Ups:

Resonance (Feb. 8, 13, 15, 22)

Atoms (Feb 22, 27, 29, March 5, 7)

Slides on Hydrogen Spectroscopy

Atoms in external fields (March 7, 9, 12)    Clicker questions on atomic structure

Atom-light interactions (March 19, 21, April 2, 4, 9, 11)  Saturation (4/11)

Line broadening (April 11, 13, 23, 25, 27)

Two-photon excitation (April 27)

Coherence (April 30, May 3, May 9, 14)  Dicke 1954 paper

 

NEW  Midterm quiz with solutions

 

Homework

Assignment 1 due Wed 2/22

Solutions 1

Assignment 2 due Wed 2/29

Solutions 2

Assignment 3 due Mon 3/12

Solutions 3

Assignment 4 due Mon 3/19

Solutions 4

Assignment 5 due Mon 3/26

Solutions 5   more detailed solution

Assignment 6 due Mon 4/9

Solutions 6

Assignment 7 due Wed 4/18

Solutions 7

Assignment 8 due Wed 4/25

Solutions 8

Assignment 9 due Wed 5/2

Solutions 9

Assignment 10 due Wed 5/9

Solutions 10

 

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