Teaching plan

DateTeacherPlaceTopicLecture notes / comments
30.11.2004? ? Electromagnetic fields and geometry? Final lecture this semester?
25.11.2004? ? Adiabatic evolution and Berry's phase? ?
23.11.2004? ? No lecture? Home study: Quantum mechanics and geometry - geometry of the sphere and connection of the Bloch sphere.?
18.11.2004? ? Geometry of quantum states. Example: the Bloch sphere? ?
16.11.2004? ? Quantum mechanics and geometry: Geometry of real space, flat and curved? ?
11.11.2004? ? Stimulated emission and the principle of lasers? ?
09.11.2004? ? Life time and line width? ?
04.11.2004? ? Photon emission to first order? ?
02.11.2004? ? Photon emission and absorption? ?
28.10.2004? ? Coherent and incoherent photon states? ?
26.10.2004? ? Quantizing the electromagnetic field? ?
22.10.2004? ? ? Deadline for submitting solutions of the midterm exam. ?
21.10.2004? ? No lecture due to the midterm exam.? ?
19.10.2004? ? No lecture due to the midterm exam.? ?
15.10.2004? ? ? Problem set available for the Midterm exam?
14.10.2004? ? Quantum theory for the electromagnetic field? ?
12.10.2004? ? Lagrange-Hamilton formulation of Maxwell theory? Solutions to Problem set 3?
07.10.2004? ? The quantum theory of light. Summary of classical electromagnetism.? ?
05.10.2004? ? Quantum computation? Problem set 3?
30.09.2004? ? Communication with qubits. Principles for a quantum computer. ? ?
28.09.2004? ? Interactionfree measurements. Qubits and quantum information.? For home study: Bell inequalities in an experimental set up (Lecture notes Sect. 2.3.2)

Solutions to Problem set 2?

23.09.2004? ? Bell inequalities? ?
21.09.2004? ? Physical reality and the EPR paradox.? Problem set 2?
16.09.2004? ? Correlations and entanglement? ?
14.09.2004? ? Quantum mechanics and probability: Pure and mixed quantum states? Solutions to Problem set 1?
09.09.2004? ? The supersymmetric oscillator? ?
07.09.2004? ? The coherent state representation.? Problem set 1?
02.09.2004? ? Harmonic oscillator: Coherent states? ?
31.08.2004? ? Path integrals: semiclassical approximation. Two-level system.? As home work for this week: Study spin dynamics, Sects. 1.1.4 and 1.3.2?
26.08.2004? ? Path integrals (continued).? ?
24.08.2004? ? Quantum dynamics. Path integral formulation? ?
19.08.2004Jon Magne Leinaas? 467?? Unitarily equivalent representations. ? ?
17.08.2004Jon Magne Leinaas? 467?? Introduction. The postulates of quantum mechanics.? ?
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