Atomic physics

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Thierry Bastin, Peter Schlagheck

Coordinator

Thierry Bastin

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course aims at teaching the physical foundations of key inventions and applications that are rooted in atomic physics. The following topics are covered:

• Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging
• Lasers and their applications
• Quantum computing and simulation with atoms

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the course, the student will be able to understand

• the physical foundations of nuclear magnetic resonance imaging,
  
• the functioning principle of lasers and some of their important applications,
  
• the application potential of atoms in the context of quantum information processing.
  

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

The basics of Quantum physics

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The teaching method is the ex cathedra mode, on the blackboard and/or via slide presentation.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course


Further information:

The course is given in the first quadrimestre according a schedule distributed at the beginning of the year.

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Platform(s) used for course materials:
- MyULiège


Further information:

A partial textbook is available

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam AND oral exam

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Contacts

Thierry Bastin & Peter Schlagheck Departement de Physique I.P.N.A.S., Bât. B15, Sart Tilman
Tél: 04/366.36.93 (T. Bastin) - 04/366.90.43 (P. Schlagheck)
e-mail: T.Bastin@uliege.be - peter.schlagheck@uliege.be
 

Association of one or more MOOCs

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