Resources

Books

The course will be mainly build on a number of excellent books on electrodynamics and optics as well as on the basics of quantum mechanics.

  1. Optics and Electrodynamics

    • Demtröder: Electrodynamics and Optics, Springer, 2019

    • Saleh/Teich: Fundamentals of Photonics, Wiley, 2007

    • Jackson: Classical Electrodynamics, Wiley, 1998

    • Hecht: Optics, Pearson, 2016

    • My handwritten lecture notes for download pdf

  2. Quantum Mechanics

    • Demtröder: Atoms, Molecules and Photons, Springer, 2010

    • Haken, Wolf: The Physics of Atoms and Quanta: Introduction to Experiments and Theory, Springer, 2005

    • Harnwel, Livingood: Experimental Atomic Physics, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1933

Molecular Nanophotonics Group

Besides the books, you may also want to have a look at the following websites maintained by the group