Syllabus 

0.1 Instructors
      This course will be taught by a team of theorists (B. Esry, C-D Lin, U. Thumm and X. Tong)  

      and experimentalists (I. Ben-Itzhak, Z. Chang, C. L. Cocke,  B. DePaola, and P. Richard).   

      The course is coordinated by:

Zenghu Chang
Associate Professor, Department of Physics
e-mail: chang@phys.ksu.edu
Phone: (785) 532-1621
Room: 330

Office Hour: by appointment
Lecture: MWF11:30am, 146 Cardwell Hall

0.2 Grade Allocations

• Projects: 100%

0.3 Text book

      Some reference books or publications will be assigned by the instructors. 

0.4 Content

1. Ultrashort pulse propagation, Z. Chang (week1-2)

•  Chang's Notes

2. The theoretic models for laser-atom interaction, U. Thumm (week3-4)

• Thumm's Notes

3.Electron rescattering as a mechanism for inelastic excitation and ionization in laser-ion interactions, L. Cocke(week5-6)

• http://www.phys.ksu.edu/~cocke/classes/phys907/outline.htm
• Cocke's Notes

4.  Dissociation and ionization of molecules and molecular ions in laser field, I. Ben-Itzhak (week7-8)

• Itzhak's Notes

5. Theory for molecules in strong laser field, C-D Lin (week9-10) 

• http://www.phys.ksu.edu/~cdlin/laser.html
•  Lin's Notes

6.  Electron-Ion Resonance Scattering in Ion-Atom Collisions, 

     Multiply Excited States of Few Electron Ions, P. Richard (week11-12)

• Richard's  Notes

7.  Coherent Atomic Excitation: Theory and application, B. DePaola (week13-14)

• DePaola's  Notes

8.  BEC and ultracold collisions, B. Esry (week15-16)

• Esry's  Notes