CHEM 7940 - Quantum Mechanics II

Spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: CHEM 7930 and CHEM 7870.

J. Marohn.

This is a course in time-dependent quantum mechanics that is concerned with the interaction of molecules with continuous-wave and pulsed irradiation. The concepts covered in the course are an excellent starting point for a first principles understanding quantum computing. Topics include: the density matrix; unitary time evolution, the evolution operator, two-level systems; non-unitary evolution, correlation functions, relaxation, dephasing processes, Bloch equations; time-dependent perturbation theory, average Hamiltonian theory, Fermi’s Golden rule; multi-dimensional time-domain spectroscopy; Marcus-Jortner theory of electron transfer; electromagnetic radiation interacting with matter, Einstein coefficients, second quantization, stimulated emission, spontaneous emission, quantum optics.