Atomic and Optical Physics II (MIT 8.422)
by Wolfgang Ketterle · MIT OpenCourseWare
Sequel to 8.421 covering squeezed and non-classical light, multiphoton and Raman processes, coherence and superradiance, light forces, laser cooling and trapping, atom optics, and ultracold collisions. 28 lecture videos and problem sets bring learners to the frontier of quantum optics research.
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