Course Logistics

This is a template for a course logistics page for educators to adapt to their institution and curriculum.

Instructors

TBD

Teaching Assistants

TBD

Catalog Information

Description: This course is designed for advanced undergraduates studying physics, applied physics, or engineering. Basic understanding of electromagnetism and optics knowledge is assumed.

Prereqs:

Units: XX

Meeting times: XX

Office hours: TBD

Overview

The ultimate goal of the following curriculum is to provide students with both the basic theoretical understanding and experimental skillset to construct a magneto-optical trap for neutral rubidium.

As part of this, students will construct their own external cavity diode laser, learn about frequency and temperature stabilization, optics and beam propagation/shaping, ultrahigh vacuum chambers, as well as magnetic field generation and atom trapping.

Schedule

Timeline: Curriculum is designed around ~12 lessons, spanning about 3 hours each week (2 sessions of 1.5 hrs).

Lesson Content/Structure: Each lesson is designed to cover 1 experiment, with each experiment meant to cover 1 to 2 physics and practical engineering concepts relevant to the experiment. Each lesson is additive: students will be building their knowledge and skillset on what they have learnt in the previous lesson, as well as on their previous experimental progress.

12 lesson overview:

Lesson	Topics
1	Introduction to Quantum Engineering (+ Laser Safety)
2	Laser Physics and Control Systems
3	Alignment and Interferometry
4	Interferometry II
5	Absorption Spectroscopy
6	Saturated Absorption Spectroscopy
7	Laser Locking
8	Ultrahigh Vacuum
9	Fiber Alignment and Beam Shaping
10	Polarimetry and Magnetometry
11	Pumping and Repumping
12	Trapped Atom Experiments

Grading

TBD