IIT Guwahati free online course on Advanced Quantum Mechanics; Apply by Aug 1

Interested candidates must note that the course will be conducted from July 25 to September 16, 2022. The last date to enrol for the course is August 1, 2022.

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati has invited applications for its 8-week free online course on Advanced Quantum Mechanics on the NPTEL platform. The technology institute is offering on the NPTEL platform an 8-week free online course called Advanced Quantum Mechanics. Undergraduate and postgraduate students of electrical and electronics engineering, engineering physics or physics may apply for the programme. The courses also carries 2 credit points. Candidates must note that the course deals with the prerequisite material for studying advanced level research in various fields of physics, applied physics and electrical engineering says the official website. Dr Saurabh Basu, a professor at the Department of Physics, IIT Guwahati, will be conducting the 8-week free online course on Advanced Quantum Mechanics.

IIT Guwahati Online Course on Quantum Mechanics Details

Candidates enrolled under this course will get an insight into the introduction to advanced topics, such as, the density matrix formalism and its applications to quantum optics, angular momentum, quantum information theory, quantum dynamics, and a glossary of the approximate methods is described with a few examples.

Important topics that will be covered under this course are as follows:

• Introduction to quantum physics, postulates, and different representations.
• Density matrix formalism, harmonic oscillator, applications to coherent and squeezed states, spherically symmetric systems, and quantum dots.
• Spin angular momentum, or nuclear magnetic resonance.
• Quantum information theory, entanglement, or Shanon entropy.
• Quantum computing algorithms, EPR and Bell’s paradox.
• Quantum dynamics, or periodically driven systems.
• Approximation methods, perturbation theory, Variational and WKB approximation.
• Linear response theory, or Kubo formula.

Interested candidates must note that the course will be conducted from July 25 to September 16, 2022. The last date to enrol for the course is August 1, 2022. Those who wish to receive certificates for the course will have to pay INR 1000, and take an examination that will be conducted on September 25, 2022. The certificate will carry the candidate's name, photograph and final score.

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