Students are encouraged to print and read the course lecture notes in advance of lectures. Prof. Tokmakoff maintains the Time-Dependent Quantum Mechanics and Spectroscopy Web site with the most recent and complete pdf version of the notes.
| LEC # | TOPICS |
|---|---|
| Quantum mechanics | |
| 1 | Time-independent Hamiltonian (PDF - 1.8MB) |
| 2 | Time-dependent Hamiltonian (PDF) |
| 3 | Irreversible relaxation (PDF) |
| 4 |
Classical description of spectroscopy (PDF) Interaction of light and matter (PDF) Absorption cross-section (PDF) |
| 5 | Time correlation functions (PDF) |
| 6 | Absorption lineshapes (PDF) |
| 7 | Linear response theory (PDF) |
| 8 | Displaced harmonic oscillator (PDF) |
| 9 | Fluctuations: Gaussian stochastic model (PDF) |
| 10 | Fluctuations: energy gap Hamiltonian (PDF) |
| 11 | Vibrational relaxation (PDF) |
| 12 | Density matrix (PDF) |
| Nonlinear spectroscopy boot camp | |
| 13 | Nonlinear polarization (PDF) |
| 14 | Diagrammatic perturbation theory (PDF) |
| 15 | Third order spectroscopy (PDF) |
| 16 | Characterizing Fluctuations (PDF) |
| 17 | Two-dimensional spectroscopy (PDF) |