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Radhika Vathsan

Professor, Department of Physics

Quantum Theory, Mathematical Physics, Quantum Information
Radhika Vathsan

This Semester:

Sem 2 2023-24

PHY F110 Physics Laboratory BITS F386 Quantum Information and Computation

Courses I Teach

PHY F111 Mechanics, Oscillations and Waves

Foundational physics course for all streams, texts: Mechanics, Kleppner and Kolenkow; Vibrations and Oscillations, A P French

PHY F212 Electromagnetic Theory 1

Basic electrical and magnetic theory, Text: Introduction to Electrodynamics, D J Griffiths

PHY F213 Optical Physics and Applications

Basic geometric and physical optics, based on texts Optics, E Hecht, Optics, A Ghatak

PHY F242 Quantum Mechanics I

Introductory Quantum mechanics, core Physics. Text books: Modern Approach to Quantum Mechanics, J S Townsend; Quantum Mechanics by R Shankar.

PHY F243 Methods of Mathematical Physics

Fundamental mathematical techniques used in physics such as ODEs, boundary value problems and Green's function techniques, vector analysis, linear algebra. Text: Mathematical Methods in Classical and Quantum Physics, Tulsi Dass and Satish Sharma

PHY F311 Quantum Mechanics II

Advanced Quantum Mechanics , core physics course, based on text book Modern Quantum Mechanics by J J Sakurai

PHY G512 Quantum Theory and Applications

PhD course introducing the concepts and applications of Quantum Theory. Text book: Principles of Quantum Mechanics by R Shankar

BITS F386 Introduction to Quantum Information and Computation*

Open elective, introduces foundational concepts of Quantum Mechanics and application to Quantum Computing and information.Text: Introduction to Quantum Physics and Information Processing, Radhika Vathsan CRC Press, 2015.

PHY F413 Particle Physics

Elective course introducing the standard model of particle physics, based on the text book Introduction to Elementary Particles, D Griffiths

PHY F420 Quantum Optics

Advanced 4 unit elective, introduces quantum optics and its modern applications. Text book: Introductory Quantum Optics, C C Gerry and P L Knight)

PHY F428 Quantum Information Theory

Advanced course on quantum information theory, mathematical foundations and applications. Txt book: Quantum Information Theory, by Mark M Wilde, 2017.

BITS F111 Thermodynamics

Fundamentals of Thermodynamics, Sonntag and Borgnakke

Computer Programming 1

"Introduction to Computing Systems", by Patt and Patel.

EA F443 Digital Image Processing

Digital Image Processing, by Gonzalez and Woods; Foundations of Coding by J Adamek

MUSIC audit courses

Introduction to Carnatic Music, Indian Classical Music (Instrument): Carnatic Veena.