Prof. Eric Akkermans

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      • Disordered systems
      • Coherent backscattering and weak localization of waves
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      • Vortices in mesoscopic superconductors
      • Mesoscopic physics of photons and cold atoms
      • Statistical mechanics and quantum fields on fractals
      • Topology of tilings
      • Quantum phase transitions – Anomalies
      • Statistical mechanics of out of equilibrium systems
      • Quantum mesoscopic physics
      • Cooperative effects and superradiance
      • Creating and Imaging Topological Defects
      • Quantum Entanglement and Topology
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Teaching

Selected Courses

  1. Quantum Mechanics 1
    • Video lectures in Hebrew.
  2. Quantum Mechanics 2
    • Video lectures in Hebrew (for Technion users only).
  3. Quantum Mechanics 3
    • Syllabus: Quantum electrodynamics, Dirac and Klein-Gordon equations.
  4. Atom-photon Interactions
    • Syllabus: Classical Atom-field Interaction; Classical Radiation with Quantum Matter Interaction; Quantization of the Electromagnetic Field; QED—Quantum Vacuum Effects; Statistical Properties of Photons; Cavity QED; Cooperative Effects between atoms.
    • English notes.
  5. Advanced Topics in Physics
    • Syllabus: Stochastic Processes; Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem (linear response, Fourier space); Onsager Reciprocity Relations; Generalization of FDT far from Equilibrium; Fluctuation Theorems; Quantum Statistical Mechanics.
    • English notes (partial).
  6. History of Modern Physics
    • Syllabus: Physics at the beginning of the 20th century—new paradigms: atomic perception, special and general relativity, quantum physics; The founding fathers: Boltzmann, Einstein, Planck and Bohr; The quantum world and new reality—applications and new developments: nuclear energy, elementary particles, astrophysics, laser, structure of matter.
  7. Quantum Mesoscopic Physics

Guest Lectures

  1. Scientific Discoveries
    • Title: Bose-Einstein Condensate or How to Freeze Atoms.
    • Video in Hebrew.
  2. Radio Talk / Kan Tarbut / Minhar Hazman
    • Title: Einstein Refrigerator.
    • Podcast in Hebrew.
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