COURSE UNIT TITLE

: QUANTUM OPTICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PHY 5113 QUANTUM OPTICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HASAN KARABIYIK

Offered to

PHYSICS
PHYSICS

Course Objective

This course will provide quantum mechanics to understand the interaction between matter and light

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Identify mechanisms of interaction of radiation with matter
2   Able to identify the various type distrubitions
3   to be able to express and apply mathematical expressions used to refer to quantum optics
4   to be able to understand the relationships between matter and light
5   Be able to describe the principles of quantum optics experiments
6   To understand the coherence of quantum states

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Quantum Theory of Radiation
2 Coherent and Squeezed states of the radiation field
3 Quantum distribution theory and partially coherent states
4 Field-Field interferometer
5 Atom field interactions: Classical Theory
6 Atom field interactions: Quantum Theory
7 Heisenberg-Langevin Approach
8 MIDTERM
9 Quantum Theory of Laser
10 Maser and Micromaser
11 Nonlinear Optical Processes
12 Correlated emission laser
13 Atom Optics
14 EPR Paradox, Hidden Variable and Bell s Theorem

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook:
M. O. Scully and M. S. Zubairy, Quantum Optics (Cambridge 1997)

Supplementary Book(s):
C. Gerry and P. Knight, Introductory Quantum Optics (Cambridge 2004)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Problem solving
3. Presentation
4. Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm and Final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hasan.karabiyik@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 10 3 30
Tutorials 3 3 9
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 4 8 32
Preparing presentations 13 5 65
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 179

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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