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The main goal of the course is to study the light-matter interaction at the fundamental level where one two-level system interacts with a single mode of the electromagnetic field.
The lecture will first presents the fundamental concept of cavity quantum electrodynamics (Jaynes–Cummings model, resonant and dispersive interaction, Schrödinger cat states of light) and then moves to the more recent developments of circuit QED.
The body of lectures will consists of two parts :
Basic knowledge on Quantum Mechanics and Light/Field interaction
We will organize an exam (written or oral) at the end of the semester.