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QUANTUM ELECTRONICS

ECE/PHYSICS 746
Course Description

Elementary aspects of Lagrange theory of fields and field quantization; Bose, Fermi and Pauli operators; interaction of fields; quantum theory of damping and fluctuations; applications to lasers, nonlinear optics, and quantum optics. Knowledge of lasers [such as PHYSICS 546] and graduate-level electromagnetics [such asE C E 740orPHYSICS 721] strongly encouraged.

Prerequisties

Graduate/professional standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.74

4.9% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

No change from Historical

A Rate
85.71%

38.46% from Historical

Class Size
21

100% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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