{"id":64,"date":"2024-02-21T16:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.master-m1generalphysics.universite-paris-saclay.fr\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2024-05-29T12:31:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T10:31:49","slug":"atoms-molecules-and-optics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.master-m1generalphysics.universite-paris-saclay.fr\/?page_id=64","title":{"rendered":"Atoms, Molecules and Optics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>3.5 ECTS Credits &#8212; Semester 1 &#8212; Fundamentals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics&nbsp;<\/strong>(AMO) is a branch of physics that deals with the behavior of atoms, molecules, and light. It often involves the study of how individual atoms and molecules interact with electromagnetic radiation (light), at the scale of one or a few atoms, and energy scales around several electron volts. This field of physics is important for understanding various physical phenomena and has applications in areas such as quantum computing, precision measurements, and laser technology. AMO physics has numerous real-world applications, including the development of advanced imaging techniques, precision clocks, and sensitive detectors used in various industries such as healthcare, telecommunications, and defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Syllabus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Introduction: key steps of electrons, photons and atoms studies<br>\u2022 Elements of quantum mechanics<br>\u2022 One-electron atoms: Schr\u00f6dinger equation for one-electron atoms<br>\u2022 Special hydrogenic systems<br>\u2022 Interaction with electromagnetic radiation<br>\u2022 Fine and hyperfine structures<br>\u2022 Interaction with external fields<br>\u2022 Many-electron atoms<br>\u2022 Central field approximation<br>\u2022 The periodic system of elements<br>\u2022 Corrections to the central field approximation: L-S and j-j couplings<br>\u2022 Interaction with electromagnetic radiation and with static fields<br>\u2022 Molecular structure<br>\u2022 The Born-Oppenheimer approximation<br>\u2022 Molecular orbital theory<br>\u2022 Calculation of electronic structure<br>\u2022 Molecular rotations and vibrations<br>\u2022 Molecular electronic transitions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Suggested bibliography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Bransden, B. H.; Joachain, CJ. <em>Physics of Atoms and Molecules<\/em>, Prentice Hall<br>\u2022 Band, Y. B. <em>Light and Matter: Electromagnetism, Optics, Spectroscopy and Lasers<\/em>, John Wiley &amp; Sons<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prerequisites<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Basic Quantum Mechanics (Physics Bachelor&#8217;s level).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3.5 ECTS Credits &#8212; Semester 1 &#8212; Fundamentals Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics&nbsp;(AMO) is a branch of physics that deals with the behavior of atoms, molecules, and light. It often involves the study of how individual atoms and molecules interact with electromagnetic radiation (light), at the scale of one or a few atoms, and energy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-64","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.master-m1generalphysics.universite-paris-saclay.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.master-m1generalphysics.universite-paris-saclay.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.master-m1generalphysics.universite-paris-saclay.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.master-m1generalphysics.universite-paris-saclay.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.master-m1generalphysics.universite-paris-saclay.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.master-m1generalphysics.universite-paris-saclay.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":295,"href":"https:\/\/www.master-m1generalphysics.universite-paris-saclay.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions\/295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.master-m1generalphysics.universite-paris-saclay.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}