Professor Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (The Nobel Laureate in Physics 1997)

Quantum Physics and its Impact on Daily Life

Abstract:
Quantum physics is essential for understanding the microscopic world. In particular, it has led to a better understanding of the nature of light and of its interaction with atoms, leading to the realization of new sources of light, the lasers, with fascinating properties. More recently, it has been shown that absorption and emission of light by atoms can be used to manipulate atoms, to control their polarization, their position and their velocity, opening the way to various applications like optical pumping, magnetic resonance imaging, ultra-precise atomic clocks, atomic interferometers, Bose Einstein condensates. This lecture will introduce in a simple way a few basic concepts of quantum physics. It will be shown also how advances of fundamental research in this domain can open the way to a wealth of applications which transform our daily life

2009 年 3 月 25 日
9:30~11:30

Rm. 204, CCMS & New Physics Building, NTU