FB05 Physik

Course Contents
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[*]Jump Start into Atom Interferometry
[*]Wave Packets
[*]Atomic Diffraction
[*]Basics of Light-pulse Atom Interferometry
[*]Analytical Methods
[*]Relativistic Effects in Atom Interferometry
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Literature
[u][b]Atom interferometry[/b][/u]
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[*]G. M. Tino and M .A. Kasevich (eds) "Atom Interferometry" (IOS Press, 2014)
[*]E. Arimondo, W. Ertmer, W. P. Schleich, E. M. Rasel (eds) "Atom Optics and Space Physics" (IOS Press, 2009)
[*]Paul R. Berman - Atom Interferometry (Academic Press, 1997)
[*]V. F. Sears, "Neutron Optics" (Oxford University Press, 1989)
[*]T. Byrnes and E. O. Ilo-Okeke, "Quantum Atom Optics – Theory and applications to quantum technology," to appear Cambridge University Press, arXiv2007.14601
[*]H. Rauch and S. A. Werner, "Neutron Interferometry: Lessons in Experimental Quantum Mechanics, Wave-particle Duality, and Entanglement" (Oxford University Press, 2015)
[*]M. Utsuro and V. K. Ignatovich, "Handbook of Neutron Optics" (Wiley-VCH, 2010)
[*]M. Suda, "Quantum Interferometry in Phase Space: Theory and Applications" (Springer, 2006)
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[u][b]General literature[/b][/u]

[b]Quantum and classical optics[/b]
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[*]D. A. Steck, "Classical and Modern Optics" (University of Oregon, 2019) Link: http://atomoptics-nas.uoregon.edu/~dsteck/teaching/quantum-optics/
[*]D. A. Steck, "Quantum and Atom Optics" (University of Oregon, 2019) Link: http://atomoptics-nas.uoregon.edu/~dsteck/teaching/optics/
[*]G. Grynberg, A. Aspect, and C. Fabre, "Introduction to Quantum Optics" (Cambridge University Press, 2010)
[*]W. P. Schleich, "Quantum Optics in Phase Space (Wiley-VCH, 2001)
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[b]Quantenmechanik[/b]
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[*]D. A. Steck, "Quantum Mechanics" (University of Oregon, 2019) Link: http://atomoptics-nas.uoregon.edu/~dsteck/teaching/quantum-mechanics/
[*]C. Cohen-Tannoudji, B. Diu, and F. Laloe, "Quantum Mechanics, Vol. I and II" (Wiley, 1977)
[*]R. P. Feynman and A. R. Hibbs, "Quantum Mechanics and Path Integrals" (Dover Books on Physics, 2010)
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Preconditions
Classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, classical electrodynamics; higher quantum mechanics helpful but not necessary

Further Grading Information
If international students participate, lectures will be given in English. Excercises will be organized through Moodle.

[b]Abstract:[/b]

Quantum mechanics allows for matter to move in a superposition of different trajectories through space and time. Information about the motion can be deduced from interference effects. Transferring this principle to quantum technologies, atom interferometers have become high-precision inertial sensors. This lecture presents atom interferometry from a theoretical perspective: Starting at the dynamics of atomic wave packets in external potentials, via atom-light interaction to manipulate the matter waves, to the sensitivity to fundamental relativistic effects, the covered topics guide students towards state-of-the-art research.