課程資訊
課程名稱
當代原子與分子物理導論
Introduction to Recent Trends in Atomic and Molecular Physics 
開課學期
105-2 
授課對象
理學院  物理學系  
授課教師
劉國平 
課號
Phys5051 
課程識別碼
222EU2230 
班次
 
學分
3.0 
全/半年
半年 
必/選修
選修 
上課時間
星期二2,3,4(9:10~12:10) 
上課地點
 
備註
本課程以英語授課。上課教室:原分所 Room 311
總人數上限:50人
外系人數限制:10人 
 
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課程概述

1. Atomic structure and atom-atom interactions
2. Atom-field interactions
3. Recent developments in atomic physics
4. Molecular structure
5. Molecular spectroscopy
6. Non Born-Oppenheimer phenomena
7. Experimental aspects in molecular physics
 

課程目標
基本的近代原子分子物理知識。課後對發表於Physics Today, Science, Nature等相關的文獻能有初步的理解。 
課程要求
修過量子物理或近代物理,或量子化學。 
預期每週課後學習時數
 
Office Hours
 
指定閱讀
待補 
參考書目
1. C. Foot, “Atomic Physics”, Oxford Univ. Press, 2007.
2. W. Demtroder, “Molecular Physics”, Wiley-VCH, 2005.
 
評量方式
(僅供參考)
   
課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
第1週
2/21  1.5 hours on “Recent success in using quantum simulations to understand interesting physics and chemistry”
• Using quantum chemistry methods to predict metal surface reactions
• Ab initio molecular dynamics simulation on liquid/solid phase of water
• Quantum chemistry calculation of proteins
• Reaction dynamics using quantum chemistry based trajectories to understand curious reaction features for CD3H+F
1.5 hour on “Born-Oppenheimer approximation and its failures (using equations)”
 
第2週
2/28  N/A 
第3週
3/07  2 hours of “Linear Combination of Atomic Orbitals (using equations and figures)”
• Diatomic molecules (H2+, H2)
• Polyatomic molecules using LCAO
1 hours of “Vibration of diatomic molecules”
• Harmonic oscillator, morse oscillator
 
第4週
3/14  1.5 hours on “Vibration in polyatomic molecules, normal modes”
1.5 hours on “Potential Energy Surface and reaction”
 
第5週
3/21  Wave-particle duality of large molecules
-- Review on the foundation and concept of quantum theory and its application to
molecules
 
第6週
3/28  Van der Waals force and weak interactions
-- Quantum fluctuation, Coulomb interaction, Exchange energy, etc.
 
第7週
4/04  N/A 
第8週
4/11  Understanding structure of water via molecular spectroscopies (I)
-- This lecture will introduce different spetroscopic methods to probe different structures of water in gas, liquid to crystalline phases.
 
第9週
4/18  Understanding structure of water via molecular spectroscopies (II)
-- We will introduce a few simple examples on how computational methods can be useful to understand experimental data to extract structural information.
 
第10週
4/25  1. Introduction to atom-photon interaction
• Two-level atom without spontaneous decay
• Coherent control on a two-level atom: Rabi’s and Ramsey’s methods
• Two-level atom with spontaneous decay
• Optical Bloch equation
2. Atom trapping and cooling
• Optical force on atoms
• Laser cooling
• Magneto-optical trap
• Magnetic trap
• Optical dipole trap
• Evaporative cooling
 
第11週
5/02  1. Introduction to atom-photon interaction
• Two-level atom without spontaneous decay
• Coherent control on a two-level atom: Rabi’s and Ramsey’s methods
• Two-level atom with spontaneous decay
• Optical Bloch equation
2. Atom trapping and cooling
• Optical force on atoms
• Laser cooling
• Magneto-optical trap
• Magnetic trap
• Optical dipole trap
• Evaporative cooling
 
第12週
5/09  1. Atom-photon interaction in a three-level system (4hrs)
• Electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT)
• Slow light, Storage of light and stationary light
• Nonlinear optics based on the EIT
• Single photon and bi-photon generation based on EIT
2. Coherent manipulation of atoms with lasers
• Raman transition
• Controlling the internal and external states
• Application to quantum information sciences
 
第13週
5/16  1. Atom-photon interaction in a three-level system (4hrs)
• Electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT)
• Slow light, Storage of light and stationary light
• Nonlinear optics based on the EIT
• Single photon and bi-photon generation based on EIT
2. Coherent manipulation of atoms with lasers
• Raman transition
• Controlling the internal and external states
• Application to quantum information sciences
 
第14週
5/23  1. Atom-photon interaction in a three-level system (4hrs)
• Electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT)
• Slow light, Storage of light and stationary light
• Nonlinear optics based on the EIT
• Single photon and bi-photon generation based on EIT
2. Coherent manipulation of atoms with lasers
• Raman transition
• Controlling the internal and external states
• Application to quantum information sciences
 
第15週
5/30  N/A 
第16週
6/06  1. Bose-Einstein condensates
• stationary state and dynamics
• experimental probe
• research highlights
2. atoms dressed by photons
• dressed states
• artificial gauge potential associated with the dressed state
 
第17週
6/13  1. Bose-Einstein condensates
• stationary state and dynamics
• experimental probe
• research highlights
2. atoms dressed by photons
• dressed states
• artificial gauge potential associated with the dressed state