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  467Ø  Unitarily equivalent representations.    
17.08.2004Jon Magne Leinaas  467Ø  Introduction. The postulates of quantum mechanics.   
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