Spring 2008
Physics 33400 - Adv. Experimental Physics
Day/Time: T.W.Th. 01:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Location: KPTC 005

Instructors: Jonathan Rosner, Cheng Chin
Email: cchin@uchicago.edu

Laboratory Staff:
Van Bistrow, vanb@uchicago.edu
Mark Chantell, chantell@ucnicago.edu
Kate Cleary, cake@midway.uchicago.edu

Lab 1:
Compton: Paulsen, Tang
Optical Pumping: Wulin, Lee
Raman: Bhardwaj, Medoroy
Zeeman: Yasui

Lab 2:
Mossbaur: Medoroy, Paulsen
Optical pumping: Yasui, Tang
PNMR: Bhardwaj, Lee
Zeeman: Wulin

Lab Schedule
Wk 1    3/31               1:30            Organizational meeting
Wk 2    4/8,9,10         1:30~5pm    Lab1
Wk 3    4/15, 16, 17   1:30~5pm    Lab1
Wk 4                                              Report writing
Wk 5    4/29                                   Report I due
Wk 5    4/30, 5/1       2:30/1:30pm Presentation 1~4: Paulsen Wulin, Bhardwaj and Yasui
Wk 6    5/6,7,8          1:30~5pm     Lab2
Wk 7    5/13, 14, 15  1:30~5pm     Lab2
Wk 8                                             Report writing
Wk 9    5/27                                  Report II due
Wk 9    5/28,29         2:30             Presentation 5~7: Modorov, Tang and Lee

Autumn 2007 (last updated 10/1/2007)
Physics 15400 Section: 0 - Modern Physics
Instructor: Cheng Chin
Email: cchin@uchicago.edu

Lectures: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 11:30am ~ 12:20pm
Location: KPTC 120

Discussion session: Tuesday 4:30 ~ 5:30pm, KPTC 120
    (Week 4: Mon. Oct. 15, 7-8 pm)
TA: Eric Feng
Email: ejfeng@uchicago.edu

Office Hours:
Cheng Chin: Wednesday 3 ~ 4 pm, GCIS 107
Eric Feng: Wednesday 4:00 ~ 5:30 pm, KPTC 303
    (Week 4: Wed. Oct. 17, 7-8:30 pm)
Melanie Simet: Wednesday 2~3pm, KPTC 303 
Wen Zheng: Tuesday 10:30~11:30 am, KPTC 303
Joseph Paulsen: Tuesday 1:30~2:30pm, KPTC 303

Textbooks:
Modern Physics (4th edition)
Author: Paul A. Tipler and Ralph A. Llewellyn
Publisher: W.H. Freeman and Company
ISBM: o 71674345
Required textbook

Quantum Physics
Author: R. Eisberg and R. Resnick
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 0 471 87373
Recommended Textbook

Class Outline:  (Please contact the instructor if you wish to have a copy of the class material.)
Wk
 Lecture
 Date
 Topic
 Textbook
sections
 Pages
 Home-
work 		TA mtg
1
 1
 9/24 Introduction: Conceptual Challenges in Mondern Physics




2
 9/26 Quantization of Charge
 3.1 3.2
 126-141
 #1

3
 9/28 Quantization of Light and Energy
 3.3 3.4
 141-154
#1
2
 4
 10/1 Quantization of Energy 4.1
 162-186
 #1 due

5
 10/3 Atom-Photon Interactions I (by Dr. Serge Haroche)
 9.5
 416-421


6
 10/5 Atom-Photon Interactions II, Supplement
 9.6
 423-432
 #2

3
 7
 10/8 Particle-Wave Duality
5.1-5.3
 203-223


8
 10/10 Selected Topic I: Manipulating Atoms with Lasers (by Dr. Serge Haroche)




9
 10/12 Superposition and Uncertainty Principle 5.4-5.7
 223-235
 #2 due
#3
4
 10
 10/15 Schrodinger's Equation 6.1 6.2 242-259


11
 10/17 Free and Confined Particles (I) 6.3- 260-


12
 10/19 Free and Confined Particles (II) - 6.6 -284 #3 due
#4
5
 13
 10/22 Schrodinger's Equation in 3D and
review session
 7.1 291-294
#2


10/24 Midterm Exam I (Lec. 1~9)




14
 10/26 Hydrogen atom 7.2-7.3 294-308
 #5

6
 15
 10/29 Hydrogen atom and periodic table
 7.4-7.7 308-324
 #4 due

16
 10/31 Indentical particles 8.2 354-359


17
 11/2 Hilbert Space and quantum measurements

#5 due
#6 *
7
 18 11/5 Quantum System I: Molecules (I) 9.1 9.2 390-402


19 11/7 Quantum System I:  Molecules (II) 9.4 406-416



11/9 Student presentation (I)
Quantum Dots, RHIC&STAR

#6 due
#7
8
 20
 11/12 Quantum System II: Conductors, Insulators and Semiconductors (I) 8.2
10.3 		354-361
456-460
#3


11/14 Midterm Exam II (Lec. 10~17)





11/16 Student presentation (II)
NMR, EPR Pairs, Hall Effect

#8
9
 21
 11/19 Quantum System II: Conductors, Insulators and Semiconductors (II)
 10.6
467-474
 #7 due

22
 11/21 Quantum System II: Conductors, Insulators and Semiconductors (III)
(By Dr. Nathan Gemelke) 		10.8
 481-486
 #9
due on
11/29


11/23 Thanksgiving



10
 23
 11/26 Selected Topic II: General Relativity and Black Holes

#8 due

24
 11/28 Selected Topic III: Review Session






11/30 Student presentation (II)
Nano-Tubes, Star Death, Quan. Wires, Quan. Sym. and Detectors


#4


Fun
 Travel with modern physicists
courtesy of C. Henderson



11
12/5
 Final Exam (Lec. 10~25)




Homework and midterm solutions: #1 #2 #3 Midterm#1 #4 #5 #6 Midterm#2 #7 #8 * #9

Evaluation
    Lab 20%
    Problem sets 24%
    Midterms     2 x16%
    Final        24%

Extra Credit 1:
   Presentation 8%: 10 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A
   Time slots:    (11/12) 11:30~11:45 am, 11:45~12 pm, 12~12:15 pm, 12:15~12:30 pm
                        (11/30) 11:30~11:45 am, 11:45~12 pm, 12~12:15 pm, 12:15~12:30 pm
 
Extra Credit 2:
   Identify mistakes in the text books: 1.6% each (up to 8 %).

Recommended Colloquium, Seminar and Public Talks
1. Prof. Serge Haroche: Public colloquium talk (10/2/2007)  (Strongly recommended)
2. Prof. Serge Haroche: Seminar talks (I) (10/8, 1:30 pm) and (II) (10/9, 1:30 pm)
3. Dr. Nathan D. Gemelke: Arthur H. Compton lectures

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Winter 2007
Physics 33400 - Adv.Experimental Physics
Day/Time: TWTh 01:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Location: KPTC 105

Instructors: Ed Blucher, Cheng Chin
Email: cchin@uchicago.edu

Lab 1:
Compton: Zosia, Bhubanjyoti
Optical Pumping: Adam, Lipeng
Zeeman: Callum

Lab 2:
X-ray: Zosia, Adam
Optical pumping: Bhubanjyoti, Callum
Angular correlations: Lipeng

Lab Schedule
Wk 2    1/10    W    1:30                 Organizational meeting
Wk 3    1/16    T     1:30~5:20pm    Lab1
Wk 3    1/17    W    1:30~5:20pm   Lab1
Wk 3    1/18    Th   1:30~5:20pm    Lab1
Wk 3    1/23    T     1:30~5:20pm    Lab1
Wk 3    1/24   W    1:30~5:20pm    Lab1
Wk 3    1/25   Th    1:30~5:20pm    Lab1
Wk 4    2/2     T     12pm                Report 1 due
Wk 5    2/6     T     1:30~5:20pm    Seminar 1 and Lab2
Wk 5    2/7     W    1:30~5:20pm    Lab 2
Wk 5    2/8     Th   1:30~5:20pm    Lab 2
Wk 6    2/13   T     1:30~5:20pm    Lab 2
Wk 6    2/14   W   1:30~5:20pm    Lab 2
Wk 6    2/15   Th   1:30~5:20pm    Lab 2
Wk 7    2/23                                   Report 2 due
Wk 8    2/27   T     12pm               Seminar 2  

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Autumn 2006

Physics 471 - Introduction to Modern Atomic Physics
Day/Time: MWF 02:30 PM - 03:20 PM
Location: KPTC 105

Lecturer: Cheng Chin
Office: GCIS E107
Email: cchin@uchicago.edu

Class format:    14 Lectures, 3 discussions, 2 presentations and 1 lab-tour.

Class outline:

Introduction
Wk1  09/27   W    2:30~3:45    Class Introduction
Wk1  09/29   F    2:30~3:45    Review of Quantum Mechanics
Wk2  10/04   W    2:30~3:45    Review of Atomic Structure
Wk2  10/06   F    2:30~3:45    Review of Scattering Theory  (Homework I and solution)

Modern Atomic Physics
Wk3  10/11   W    2:30~3:45    Ion trap (I)
Wk3  10/13   F    2:30~3:45    Ion trap (II)
Wk4  10/18   W    2:30~3:45    Early Attempts to trap neutral particles
Wk4  10/20   F    2:30~3:45    Laser cooling and trapping 
Wk5  10/25   W    2:30~3:45    (Discussion) Laser cooling and trapping
                               (Homework II with solution)
Wk5  10/27   F    2:30~3:45    Bose-Einstein condensation
Wk6  11/01   W    2:30~3:45    (Discussion) Bose-Einstein condensation
Wk6  11/03   F    2:30~3:45    Optical lattices
Wk7  11/08   W    2:30~3:45    Fermionic superfluidity and BEC-BCS crossover
                               (Homework III with solution)
Wk7  11/10   F    2:30~3:45    (Discussion) Optical lattices and Fermi gas

Selected Topics
Wk8  11/15   W    2:30~3:45    Topic I: Quantum entanglement and quantum computation
Wk8  11/17   F    2:30~3:45    Topic II: Tests of fundamental symmetry
                               Topic III: Tests of time variation of fundamental constants
Wk9  11/22   W    2:30~3:45    Topic IV: Atom Optics
                  4:00~4:15    Lab tour GCIS ESB11B 
                               (Homework IV with solution)

Wk9  11/24   F                 Thanksgiving -- no class
Wk10 11/29   W                 Teacher out of town -- no class


Student Presentations
Wk10 12/01   F    2:30~3:45    Student Presentation I
Wk11 12/04   M    2:30~3:45    Student Presentation II 

Possible Selected Topics
    Atomic clock and precision measurements
*   Atom Optics
*   Quantum entanglement and quantum computation
*   Tests of fundamental symmetry
*   Time variation of fundamental constants
    Frequency comb
    Ultracold molecules

Related Colloquium and Seminar Talks
Wk5  10/26  Th    Prof. Carl Wieman (2001 Nobel Laureate), University of Colorado   
Wk6  10/30  M     Prof. Chris Greene, University of Colorado
Wk6  10/31  Tu    Prof. Lijun Wang, Max-Plank Research Group and Univ. of
                  Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Wk7  11/09  Th    Prof. Randall Hulet, Rice University

Evaluation
    Problem sets 2/3
    Presentation or term paper 1/3

Recommended Textbooks
Atomic Physics, C. J. Foot 2005
Atomic Phyiscs, D. Budker, D. F. Kimball, D. P. DeMille 2004
Bose-Einstein Condensation in Dilute Gases, C.J. Pethnick and H. Smith


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Spring 2006

Physics 45200 - Quantum Optics and Quantum Gasses
Day/Time: MWF 02:30 PM - 03:20 PM
Location: KPTC 105

Lecturer: Cheng Chin
Office: RI 135
Email: cchin@uchicago.edu

Wk1  3/27 M (by email)       Introduction

QUANTUM OPTICS
Wk1  3/29 W 2:30~ 3:45pm Atom-photon interaction I: Classical models
Wk1  3/31 F 2:30~ 3:45pm Atom-photon interaction II: Rabi model            
Wk2  4/03 M 2:30~ 3:45pm Atom-photon interaction III: Density matrix and Bloch vector
Wk2  4/05 W 2:30~ 3:45pm EM Field quantization and photons
Wk3  4/12 W 2:30~ 3:45pm Selected Topic I: Optical dipole potential(Ref.[4])
Wk3  4/14 F 2:30~ 3:45pm Selected Topic II: Jaynes-Cummings Model                             
QUANTUM GASES
Wk4  4/19 W 2:30~ 3:45pm Fermionic superfluidity                     
Wk4  4/21 F 2:30~ 3:45pm BCS theory
Wk5  4/26 W 2:30~ 3:45pm Gross-Pitaevskii Eq.
Wk5  4/28 F 2:30~ 3:45pm Bogoliubov transformation                        
Wk6  5/03 W 2:30~ 3:45pm Elementary excitation
Wk6  5/05 F 2:30~ 3:45pm Resonant scattering theory
Wk7  5/10 W 2:30~ 3:45pm Selected topic III: Matterwave interference
Wk7  5/12 F 2:30~ 3:45pm Selected topic IV: Matterwave Josephen junction   

Wk8  5/15 M 9:00~10:30am Selected topic V: Master equation
Wk9  5/22 M 2:30~ 3:45pm Discussion I
Wk9  5/24 W 2:30~ 3:45pm Student presentation I
Wk9  5/26 F 2:30~ 3:45pm Student presentation II
Wk11 6/05 M 2:30~ 3:45pm Discussion II

Textbooks
(Recommended) The Quantum Theory of Light, Rodney Loudon
(Recommended) Bose-Einstein Condensation in Dilute Gases, C.J. Pethnick and H. Smith
Lasers, Milonni and Eberly
Lasers, Anthony Siegman
Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics, Mandel and Wolf
Quantum Theory of Many-Particle Systems, Alexander Fetter and John Walecka
Evaluation
Problem sets 1/2
(Homework I with solution),
(Homework II with solution),
(Homework III with solution)
Presentation or term paper 1/2

Recommended papers
1. "Power spectrum of light scatterd by two-level systems", Phys. Rev. 188, 1969 (1969)
2. "Resonator-aided single-atom detection on a microfabricated chip", cond-mat/0603675
3. "Electromagnetically induced transparency", Physics Today, 37, July 1997
4. "Dressed-atom approach to atomic motion in laser light: the dipole force revisited", J.  Opt. Soc. Am. B 2, 1708 (1985)
5. "Nonlinear Optics and Quantum Entanglement of Ultraslow Single Photons", PRL 84, 1419 (2000)
6. "Atom-Molecule Dark States in a Bose-Einstein condensate", PRL 95, 063202 (2005)
7. "Quasi-electrostatic trap for neutral atoms", Opt. Comm. 114, 421 (1995)
8. "The relation between the Gross-Pitaevskii and Bogoliubov description of a dilute Bose gas", NJP 5, 103 (2003)
9. "Bose-Einstein condensation in the alkali gases: Some fundamental concepts", Rev. Mod. Phys. 73, 307 (2001)
10. "Experimental Observation of the Bogoliubov Transformation for a Bose-Einstein condensed gas", Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 060402 (2002)
11. "Analytical description of a trapped semi-ideal Bose gas a finit temperature", Phys. Rev. A. 58, 2423 (1998)