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OS6068 Quantum Optics Last Revised: 2018-04-11

Course Objectives

Prerequisite

Textbook

1. Quantum Optics by Girish S. Agarwal

2. Introductory Quantum Optics by Christopher C. Gerry and Peter L. Knight

Topical Outline

1. Field quantization

2. Coherent states and squeezed states

3. Absorption, emission and scattering of radiation

4. Nonclassical light

5. Beam splitters and interferometers

6. Cavity QED

7. EIT (electromagnetically induced transparancy) and ultra-slow light