Calendar

Calendar
Lec #	Topics	key dates
1	Time-Independent Hamiltonian; Two-Level System; Density Matrix
2	Quantum Dynamics; The Time-Evolution Operator
3	The Schrödinger, Heisenberg, and Interaction Pictures
4	Time-Development of State Amplitudes: Resonant Driving of a Two-Level System	Problem set 1 due
5	Perturbation Theory I
6	Perturbation Theory II
7	Fermi's Golden Rule	Problem set 2 due two days before lecture 7
8	Irreversible Relaxation
9	Interaction of Light and Matter; Electric Dipole Hamiltonian
10	Electric Dipole Hamiltonian and Absorption of Light	Problem set 3 due
11	Spectroscopy of Aggregates
12	Spectroscopy of Aggregates (cont.)
13	Time-Correlation Functions
14	Absorption Lineshape from Time-Correlation Functions
15	Electronic Spectroscopy: The Displaced Harmonic Oscillator Model
16	Displaced Harmonic Oscillator	Problem set 4 due
17	Displaced Harmonic Oscillator (cont.)
18	Lineshapes: Fluctuation and Relaxation
19	Quantum Fluctuations	Problem set 5 due
20	Vibrational Relaxation
21	Förster Theory and Marcus Theory
22	Linear Response Theory
23	Nonlinear Spectroscopy I
24	Nonlinear Spectroscopy II	Problem set 6 due
25	Nonlinear Spectroscopy III
26	Nonlinear Spectroscopy IV	Problem set 7 due Take home exam due