Photonics and Quantum Optics I, 5 credits
Academic year 2022/2023
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Spring 2023, 33%, Campus
Start date: 16 January 2023
End date: 19 March 2023
Application deadline: 17 October 2022
Application code: UU-63100 Application
Language of instruction: English
Location: Uppsala
Selection: Higher education credits in science and engineering (maximum 240 credits)
Registration: 15 December 2022 – 15 January 2023
Entry requirements: 120 credits in science/engineering. Participation in the courses Quantum Mechanics, Advanced Course and Solid State Physics I/F. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.
Fees:
If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application or tuition fees. Formal exchange students will be exempted from tuition fees, as well as the application fee. Read more about fees.
Application fee: SEK 900
Tuition fee, first semester: SEK 12,083
Tuition fee, total: SEK 12,083
About the course
Light as waves, beams and photons. The quantisation of free radiation and the Hamiltonian for quantised radiation. Momentum and angular momentum of radiation. Ground states of quantum radiation, vacuum fluctuations, Casimir effect. Single mode and multi-mode quantum radiation. Squeezed and entangled polarisation states of photons. Quantum information.