Making quantum electrodynamics more accessible |
TYPE | Special lecture in the Advanced MQED course |
Speaker: | Aviv Karnieli |
Affiliation: | Tel Aviv University |
Organizer: | Assistant Professor Ido Kaminer |
Date: | 07.11.2019 |
Time: | 10:30 - 11:20 |
Location | room 1061, 10th floor, Meyer Building, Electrical Engineering |
Remark: | Everyone is invited. Will be of particular interest for anyone working on optics/electromagnetism or if you're working in areas of light-matter interactions. |
Abstract: |
When we come to calculate effects of light-matter interactions that involve the emission of light by matter, we often find ourselves in need of quantizing the electromagnetic field.
In particular, we think of these processes in terms of creating and annihilating photons.
Some effects - such as spontaneous emission and "quantum beats", are often cited as conclusive examples of this necessity.
Plan:
Thursday Nov7
EE 1061
10:30-11:20
30 minutes talk + questions
break
11:30-12:20 discussion
Discussion focus: how to extend the formalism beyond first order processes,
and how to capture effects like the Lamb shift
(currently an open question)
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