Credits: 6

Period: 4 and 5

Aim: To become familiar with various formalisms and methods in the description of the electromagnetic field,
its quantization and its interaction with matter.

Contents:
- Planck's law, the Einstein coefficients
- Lineshape broadening and susceptibility
- The Bloch equations
- Beam splitters and optical coherence
- Quantization of the electromagnetic field
- Single-mode quantum optics

Form of tuition: Lectures

Literature: The Quantum Theory of Light, third ed., by R. Loudon (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000)

Mode of assessment: Oral examination

Target audience: 3N, mPhys, mCh