The course is designed for advanced students and tackles a broad range of issues in nano-optics that are often not found in elementary textbooks. Applications include quantum optics, opto-electronics, sensing, analytics and biophysics.

Semiclassical and quantum mechanical treatment of light-matter interaction; Quantized fields; Statistical properties of radiation; Theoretical and experimental elements of laser spectroscopy.

The concept of coherence is considered in different contexts with emphasis on magnetic resonance spectroscopy and laser physics. Hilbert space and Liouville space formalisms are introduced and dissipative processes (relaxation and decoherence) are included.

The school (1.9. - 12.9.2008) will discuss the recent progress and challenges in biological and medical imaging. Cutting edge techniques using a wide range of imaging mechanisms will be put in the context of selected biomedical problems. In particular, multimodal and multiscale imaging methods as well as supporting technologies such as computer aided image analysis and modeling will be discussed.

Postulates of quantum mechanics, operator algebra, Schrödinger's equation, state functions and expectation values, matrix representation of operators, particle in a box, tunneling, harmonic oscillator, molecular vibrations, angular momentum and spin, generalised Pauli principle, perturbation theory, electronic structure of atoms and molecules, Born-Oppenheimer approximation.

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Seminar series covering current developments in Physical Chemistry

thermal radiation and Planck's law; transition probabilities, rate equations;atomic structure and spectraelectronic, vibrational, and rotational spectroscopy of moleculessymmetry, group theory, and selection rules

Lecture; students are introduced to quantum mechanics for phenomena on the nanoscale. Motivated by the limits of classical physics, they will learn the basic mathematical tools and concepts in order to describe quantum phenomena. As application, practical examples in electronics, optics and mechanics are studied which can only be understood using quantum physics.

Introduction of the basics of signal processing in spectroscopy. Fourier transformation, linear response theory, stochastic signals, digital data processing, Fourier spectroscopy.

Laboratory experiments to acquire a profound knowledge of spectroscopical methods and techniques in chemistry. Evaluation and visualization of measurement data. Writing lab reports.