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Quantum Electronics

Quantum Electronics. Instructor: Professor K. Thyagarajan, Department of Physics, IIT Delhi. This course explores the various nonlinear optical phenomena and the quantum nature of light. Media behave in a nonlinear fashion when the light intensities are high and this leads to the generation of new frequencies through second harmonic generation and parametric processes. Nonlinear effects such as self phase modulation etc. have also become very important in the field of optical fibre communications. The course will address the basic physics and applications of such nonlinear phenomena.

Although most optical effects can be explained using classical Maxwell's equations, there are many phenomena, which need the complete quantum mechanical description of light which will be discussed in the course. Quantum nature of light is playing a very important role in the field of quantum information science with applications in quantum cryptography, quantum computing etc. and the basics learned in the course should be of interest to students wishing to pursue the field of quantum information. (from nptel.ac.in)

Lecture 37 - Beam Splitter


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Module 1: Brief Review of Electromagnetic Waves
Lecture 01 - Introduction
Lecture 02 - Anisotropic Media
Lecture 03 - Anisotropic Media (cont.)
Lecture 04 - Anisotropic Media (cont.)
Module 2: Nonlinear Optical Effects and Optical Polarization
Lecture 05 - Nonlinear Optical Effects and Optical Polarization
Module 3: Second Order Effects
Lecture 06 - Nonlinear Optics: Second Harmonic Generation
Lecture 07 - Nonlinear Optics: Bi-refringence Phase Matching
Lecture 08 - Nonlinear Optics: Nonlinear Polarization
Lecture 09 - Nonlinear Optics: Quasi Phase Matching
Lecture 10 - Nonlinear Optics: Quasi Phase Matching
Lecture 11 - Nonlinear Optics: Periodically Poled Substrates, Second Harmonic Generation
Lecture 12 - Nonlinear Optics: Amplification Process, Phase Matching
Lecture 13 - Nonlinear Optics: Three Wave Interaction Process
Lecture 14 - Nonlinear Optics: Parametric Amplification
Lecture 15 - Nonlinear Optics: Parametric Amplifier
Lecture 16 - Nonlinear Optics: Tuning, Quasi Phase Matching
Lecture 17 - Nonlinear Optics: Quasi Phase Matching, Optical Parametric Oscillators
Lecture 18 - Nonlinear Optics: Singly Resonant Oscillator (SRO)
Lecture 19 - Nonlinear Optics: Doubly Resonant Oscillator (DRO)
Module 4: Third Order Effects
Lecture 20 - Third Order Nonlinear Effects
Lecture 21 - Third Order Nonlinear Effects: Chirped Pulse
Lecture 22 - Third Order Nonlinear Effects: Self-/Cross-Pulse Modulation, Phase Conjugation
Lecture 23 - Third Order Nonlinear Effects: Phase Conjugation
Module 5: Quantization of the Electromagnetic Field
Lecture 24 - Review of Quantum Mechanics
Lecture 25 - Review of Quantum Mechanics (cont.)
Lecture 26 - Review of Quantum Mechanics (cont.)
Lecture 27 - Quantization of the Electromagnetic Field
Lecture 28 - Quantization of EM Field (cont.)
Lecture 29 - Quantization of EM Field (cont.)
Lecture 30 - Quantum States of EM Field
Lecture 31 - Quantum States of EM Field (cont.)
Lecture 32 - Quantization of EM Field (cont.)
Lecture 33 - Quantization of EM Field (cont.)
Lecture 34 - Quantization of EM Field (cont.)
Lecture 35 - Quantization of EM Field (cont.)
Lecture 36 - Quantization of EM Field (cont.)
Lecture 37 - Beam Splitter
Lecture 38 - Beam Splitter (cont.)
Lecture 39 - Beam Splitter and Balanced Homodyning
Lecture 40 - Balanced Homodyning
Lecture 41 - Quantum Picture of Parametric Down Conversion
Lecture 42 - Questions