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PHYS 723 - Quantum Optics
Credits 3
Properties of light, its creation, and its interaction with matter explored as quantum-mechanical phenomena. Quantization of the light field. Quantum theory of coherence. Dissipation and fluctuations. Light amplification. Nonlinear optics.