The following topics will be covered during the lecture:

  • Types of atom - light interaction
  • Principles of lasers
  • Quantum states of radiation
  • Interaction of an atom with quantized electromagnetic field
  • Cavity quantum electrodynamics
  • Photonic crystals

Literatur

  1. G. Grynberg, A. Aspect and C. Fabre, ”Introduction to Quantum Optics”, Cambridge University Press 2010

  2. C. C. Gerry and P. L. Knight, Introductory Quantum Optics, Cambridge University Press 2005

  3. M Fox, "Quantum Optics - An Introduction", Oxford University Press 2006