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Fall 2011 | Fall 2011 | ||
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Committee: Dave, Wolfgang, Martin | Committee: Dave, Wolfgang, Martin | ||
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Starting point: you have a beam shining on an atom (or an ensemble) and detectors distributed | Starting point: you have a beam shining on an atom (or an ensemble) and detectors distributed | ||
over 4π space. What do you expect to see? | over 4π space. What do you expect to see? | ||
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Spring 2012 | Spring 2012 | ||
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Committee: Dave, Wolfgang, Martin | Committee: Dave, Wolfgang, Martin | ||
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First question assigned by Martin: Can you tell us about Bragg Scattering of atoms from | First question assigned by Martin: Can you tell us about Bragg Scattering of atoms from | ||
interfering laser beams? | interfering laser beams? | ||
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Fall 2012 | Fall 2012 | ||
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Committee: Ike, Dave, Wolfgang | Committee: Ike, Dave, Wolfgang | ||
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-topic: quantum nature of light, how does it arise in experimental atomic physics | -topic: quantum nature of light, how does it arise in experimental atomic physics | ||
-You wrote down the vector potential as a plane wave solution, how do I picture this? what's a laser beam classically? (i.e. longitudinal and transverse intensity distributions) | -You wrote down the vector potential as a plane wave solution, how do I picture this? what's a laser beam classically? (i.e. longitudinal and transverse intensity distributions) |