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Fundamentals of Photonics: Quantum Electronics
Art: Palmer, Edward, 1803-1872, Figures 113-123. Plate Electrical Machines, 1840 · Public domain
- Instructor
- Prof. Franz Kärtner
- Term
- Spring 2006
- Level
- Graduate
- What's inside
- 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 34 other files · 2 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 6.974 Fundamentals of Photonics: Quantum Electronics, Spring 2006, Prof. Franz Kärtner — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Lecture Notes
7 files
- Lecture 1 · Introduction Download
- Lecture 2-12 · Maxwell’s Equations of Isotropic Media (Review) Electromagnetic Waves and Interfaces I… Download
- Lecture 13 · Quantum Nature of Light and Matter Download
- Lecture 14-16 · Schrödinger Equation and Stationary States Harmonic Oscillator and Hydrogen Atom Wave… Download
- Lecture 17-19 · Dirac Formalism and Matrix Mechanics Harmonic Oscillator Revisited Coherent States Download
- Lecture 20-22 · Interaction of Light and Mater the Two-Level Atom: Rabi-Oscillations Density Matrix… Download
- Lecture 23-26 · Optical Amplifiers and Lasers Homogenous and Inhomogenous Broadening and Related Effects… Download
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Other materials from this course
24 files
- intro.pdf Download
- harmonic_oscil.pdf Download
- homo_nonhomo_br.pdf Download
- wavegude_int_opt.pdf Download
- quan_nature_ligt.pdf Download
- parax_wav_eq_gau.pdf Download
- hydrogen_atom.pdf Download
- dens_enrgy_relax.pdf Download
- q_swtch_mode_loc.pdf Download
- mirror_inter_thn.pdf Download
- dirac_frmal_hilb.pdf Download
- rate_equation.pdf Download
- classnotes.pdf Download
- maxwell_eq_iso.pdf Download
- ray_optical_sys.pdf Download
- inter_lig_matter.pdf Download
- schroedinger_equ.pdf Download
- wv_prop_anis_med.pdf Download
- gaussian_bem_res.pdf Download
- wave_mechanics.pdf Download
- coherant_states.pdf Download
- electr_wav_inter.pdf Download
- optical_fibres.pdf Download
- laser.pdf Download
Course outline
Lecture Notes · Lecture Notes
Lecture 13: Quantum Nature of Light and Matter
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Franz Kärtner, 6.974 Fundamentals of Photonics: Quantum Electronics, Spring 2006.
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