quantum_control_-_slides_embedded_movies_.pdf Jones Lecture, with embedded movie files (requires Acrobat 6+), 2/1/2005

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stroud-packet.pdf Nauenberg, M.; Stroud, C.; Yeazell, J. "The Classical Limit of an Atom” Scientific American June 1994, 44-49.

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zewail.pdf Baskin, J. S.; Zewail, A. H. "Freezing Time" Science Spectra 1998, 14, 62-71.

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• Observe the red light emitted from a red incandescent light bulb, a red neon sign, or a red LED on a computer or other electronic device.  How does the light differ from that emitted by a red laser pointer?
• Is it possible to observe something without altering it in at least some small way?  Why or why not?
• Quantum physics provides the most accurate (currently known) physical description of nature. So why is the "classical" physics developed by Newton still the predominant theory taught and used today?  What is the primary physical attribute of an object that determines if it will exhibit "quantum behavior" ?
• If two light waves (or quantum matter waves) interfere destructively while traveling in a particular direction, is the light (or matter) destroyed? If so, how?    If not, where does it go?
  

• "Common sense is the deposit of prejudice laid down in the mind before the age of 18."  -Albert Einstein
• "If you are not confused by Quantum Physics then you haven't really understood it."  -Niels Bohr
• "No field, no yield."  -Paul Brumer, in reference to the laser power required to demonstrate practical quantum control of matter
  

rabitz-dream.pdf The Dream of Quantum Control

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Accessible Descriptions of Many Key Aspects of Quantum Physics

(In particular, explore the links to Wave Particle Duality, Quantum Interference, The Bohr Model of the Atom, and Quantum Mechanics: Interpretation.  The latter reviews the perspectives of several notable physicists on the meaning of quantum theory.)

 

Interactive Quantum Physics Virtual Demonstrations

Explore the Bell Labs website on lasers and associated links, Who invented the laser? What is the laser? Why are lasers important? Where can I learn more?

 

On the Nobel Prize website, see: 

• 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics for lasers
• 1989 Nobel Prize in Physics for atomic clocks (i.e. Ramsey lecture)
• 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics for laser cooling
• 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for ultrafast laser spectroscopy
• 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics for Bose Einstein condensation in atomic vapors

Robert Jones, Professor of Physics Prof. Robert R. Jones is a Professor in the Department of Physics. He earned a B.S. with a double major in Physics and Mathematics from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette (1985) and his Ph.D. ...