Theoretical Foundations of Quantum Technologies

This course will provide the background theory relevant to Quantum Technologies.

Part I (3 lectures, Jonathan Pritchard) – Basic Atomic Physics: Historical introduction to atomic physics, Angular momentum; Atomic structure; Atom-light interactions.

Part II (3 lectures, John Jeffers) – Basic Photonic Quantum Optics: Field quantisation, single-mode fields and quantum states; beam splitters and interferometers; non-classical light and its generation.

Part III (3 lectures, Sarah Croke) – Applications of Quantum Information: Quantum key distribution, Quantum sensing; Qubits, classical and quantum gates; introduction to quantum algorithms.