Interactions of Photons with Atoms, Molecules, and Solids

3 credits · Graduate School

Macroscopic optical properties of solids. Lorentz model of optical excitation, radiative and non-radiative relaxation. Coherence and dephasing in two-level systems. Interband transitions and luminescence. Optical properties of quantum-confined systems. Excitons, phonons, plasmons, and polaritons. Lasers, Raman and Brillouin scattering, nonlinear optical phenomenology. Prerequisite: 5651, 5640 or CHEM 5360. [3]