Instructor:
Takamasa Momose
Rm: A327
Tel: 822-5401
momose@chem.ubc.ca

Course Evaluation:
Problem Sets (30%)
Presentation (30%)
Final Exam (40%)

Topics to be covered:

• Properties of Coherent Radiation
• Interaction between electromagnetic radiation and matter
• Molecular internal states and spectroscopy (mostly MW to UV range)
• Experimental details in spectroscopy
• Non-linear spectroscopy

References:
1. Wolfgang Demtroder, Molecular Physics, Wiley, 2005
2. Donald A. McQuarrie, Quantum Chemistry, University Science Books, 1983
3. Donald A. McQuarrie and John D. Simon, Physical Chemistry, University Science Books, 1997
4. Peter F. Bernath, Spectra of Atoms and Molecules, (2nd edition), Oxford University Press, 2005
5. Jeffrey I. Steinfeld, Molecules and Radiation (2nd edition), Dover Publications, 1985
6. Amnon Yariv, Quantum Electronics (3rd edition), Wiley, 1989
7. Marlan O. Scully, M. Suhail Zubairy, Quantum Optics, Cambridge, 1997
8. Shaul Mukamel, Principles of Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy, Oxford, 1995