Advanced Topics in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (480-0-1)

Topic

Quantum Science for Cooling and Metrology

Instructors

Timothy Kovachy

Meeting Info

Technological Institute LG62: Tues, Thurs 9:30AM - 10:50AM

Overview of class

"Quantum Science for Cooling and Metrology"

This course will introduce quantum science methods to cool atoms and other objects close to absolute zero temperature and to apply these cold systems to precision metrology. The underlying concepts will be discussed and illustrated in the context of modern experiments. The following topics will be included. Cooling and trapping techniques: Doppler cooling using lasers; the Doppler and recoil temperature limits; cooling below the Doppler temperature limit; sideband cooling; magneto-optic, optical-dipole, and magnetic traps; evaporative cooling and other methods for cooling below the recoil temperature limit; Bose-Einstein condensation. Frequency modulation saturation spectroscopy. Matter wave interferometry: methods for matter wave optics, applications in quantum sensing and metrology. Optical lattices: band structure, Bloch oscillations, applications in quantum sensing and simulation.

Registration Requirements

Methods of Quantum Science or Permission from Instruction