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Module: Mikrowelt: Bose-Einstein-Kondensat/Photonenstatistik

Sequence: lev0_start

Branching Point: Particles and Light under Control

Sequence: lev1_traps

Branching Point: Particle Traps

Sequence: lev2_trapspaul

Slide: Functional Principle of the Paul Trap

Slide: Scheme of the Paul Trap

Slide: Original of a Paul Trap; Detail

Slide: Large-scale Model of a Paul Trap

Slide: Nobel Prize for Physics, 1989

Sequence: lev2_trapsring

Slide: Scheme of a Ring Trap

Slide: Ion Crystal in a Ring Trap

Slide: Adding by Means of an Ion Crystal

Slide: A 50-Ion Crystal ...

Slide: More Complex Ion Crystals ...

Sequence: lev2_trapsioffe

Slide: Ioffe-Pritchard Trap

Sequence: lev1_bec

Branching Point: Bose-Einstein Condensation

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Quantum Chaos

Sequence: lev2_qchaoshist

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In the old quantum theory ...

Slide: Using Bohr's atomic model ...

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On the applicability of Bohr's atomic model ...

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An extension of the Bohr-Sommerfeld quantum condition ...

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In a note added in proof of his 1917 article ...

Sequence: lev2_qchaosclass

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Chaotic dynamics

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Sensible Dependence on Initial Conditions

Fixpoint Attractor

Limit Cycle

Torus Attractor

Strange Attractor

Classical Chaos

Sequence: lev2_qchaosqm

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Rydberg Atoms ...

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The Quantum Mechanical Picture ...

Sequence: lev1_hbtstat

Branching Point: Photon Statistics According to Hanbury Brown and Twiss

Sequence: lev2_hbtclass

Slide: Classical Light

Sequence: lev2_hbtlaser

Slide: Laser Light

Sequence: lev2_hbtnoncl

Slide: Non-classical Light

Classical Light

Classical light, like that of a candle, shows a tendency to arrive in 'bundles'; short time distances between two successive photons are the most probable ones. This results in a 'bump' of the statistical distribution at short distances ("bunching").

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