Quantum and Nano-Optics

4.0 credits

NOTE: the schedule for this course will be set by the instructor after polling ALL registered students for availability (ONE 1 hour per week lecture and ONE 1.5 hours per week lab). This laboratory course exposes students to cutting-edge photon counting instrumentation and methods with applications ranging from quantum information to nanotechnology, biotechnology and medicine. Major topics include quantum entanglement and Bells inequalities, single-photon interference, single-emitter confocal fluorescence microscopy and spectroscopy, photonic bandgap materials, Hanbury Brown and Twiss interferometer, and photon antibunching. For grading students should submit 3 group lab reports, maintain their lab journals and pass through MidTerm and Final (Big) Quizzes.