PHYS261: Atomic Physics and Physical Optics

2016_08_25 Introduction part 1            Quantum Mechanics, Hydrogen atom, Spectra, Laplace operator            Links to older files 2016_08_31 Introduction part 2            Hydrogen atom, Spectra, wavefunctions, visualization 2016_09_01 Helium start with Introduction part 3            Hydrogen atom, Spectra, wavefunctions, visualization            Helium atom - The model; Parahelium, orthohelium; Pauli principle 2016_09_07 Helium part 2            Helium atom - Parahelium, orthohelium; Pauli principle            Electron Spin; Two spins; Singlets and Triplets; Started Approximations 2016_09_08 Helium part 3            Mainly ground state - two 1s electrons: APPROXIMATIONS            Independent hydrogen-like; repulsion included; Variational Method 2016_09_14 Helium part 4            Correlations - Hylleraas variational method, Exchange interaction            Doubly excited states 2016_09_15 Many Electron Atoms part 1            Many electron atoms - experimental facts and "Laws"            Periodic systems - failure of the hydrogen-like filled shells            Interaction with a charged cloud - SELFCONSISTENT FIELD 2016_09_21 Many Electron Atoms part 2                 Many electron atoms - expectation value of energy            Many electron atoms - variational 2016_09_22 Many Electron Atoms part 3                 Many electron atoms - variational - more details            Meaning of the notation - connection with Hartree method            Nonlocal nature of the exchange potential 2016_09_28 and 2016_09_29 External Lecture and Colloquium            DFT and work with Two-electron atoms 2016_10_06 Physical Optics 1.                 Introduction - Maxwell's Equations 2016_10_12 Physical Optics 2.                 More on Maxwell's Equations, so called Gaussian units 2016_10_13 Physical Optics 3.                 Reflection and refraction - boundary conditions - part 1 2016_10_19 Physical Optics 4.                 Reflection and refraction -part 2 - Polarization - Brewster 2016_10_20 Physical Optics 5.                 Diffraction - Circular and rectangular Aperture 2016_10_26 Light and Atoms Part 1            Time Developement in Quantum Mechanics 2016_10_27 Light and Atoms Part 2            Time Developement - Fermi Golden Rule - Transitions            Exponential Decay - Natural Line Width            SO CALLED Time - Energy Uncertainety            Density of states - in Fermi Golden Rule 2016_11_02 Light and Atoms Part 3            Continuous systems --> Coupled Vibrations --> Normal modes / Eigenmodes            Algebraic Method for an Harmonic Oscillator - Creation and Anihilation 2016_11_03 Light and Atoms Part 4            The atom + field system; The interaction            Applying the golden Rule            Approximations - The dipole Approximation etc 2016_11_09 Light and Atoms Part 5            Sponntaneous Emission rate - details            Stimulated emission - and simple introduction to lasers 2016_11_10 Additional Topics and Discussions            e.g. Diagonalization of Hamiltonians - and Golden Rule            Modifying presentations