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8.421 Atomic and Optical Physics I

8.421 Atomic and Optical Physics I (Spring 2014, MIT OCW). Instructor: Professor Wolfgang Ketterle. This is the first of a two-semester subject sequence that provides the foundations for contemporary research in selected areas of atomic and optical physics. Topics covered include the interaction of radiation with atoms: resonance; absorption, stimulated and spontaneous emission; methods of resonance, dressed atom formalism, masers and lasers, cavity quantum electrodynamics; structure of simple atoms, behavior in very strong fields; fundamental tests: time reversal, parity violations, Bell's inequalities; and experimental methods. (from ocw.mit.edu)

Lecture 22 - Coherence II

In this video, the professor reviewed spontaneous emission and discussed coherence in two-level systems.

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Lecture 01 - Resonance I

Lecture 02 - Resonance II

Lecture 03 - Resonance III

Lecture 04 - Resonance IV

Lecture 05 - Resonance V and Atoms I

Lecture 06 - Atoms II

Lecture 07 - Atoms III

Lecture 08 - Atoms IV

Lecture 09 - Atoms V and Atoms in External Fields I

Lecture 10 - Atoms in External Fields II

Lecture 11 - Atoms in External Fields III

Lecture 12 - Atoms in External Fields IV and Atom-light Interactions I

Lecture 13 - Atom-light Interactions II

Lecture 14 - Atom-light Interactions III

Lecture 15 - Atom-light Interactions IV

Lecture 16 - Atom-light Interactions V

Lecture 17 - Atom-light Interactions VI and Line Broadening I

Lecture 18 - Line Broadening II

Lecture 19 - Line Broadening III

Lecture 20 - Line Broadening IV and Two-photon Excitation I

Lecture 21 - Two-photon Excitation II and Coherence

Lecture 22 - Coherence II

Lecture 23 - Coherence III

Lecture 24 - Coherence IV

Lecture 25 - Coherence V