This is to be a short course of 8 lectures that provide a general overview of time-dependent quantum mechanics and approximation methods useful in descriptions of excitation energy transfer and electron transfer in condensed-phase molecular systems. A density-matrix approach will be emphasized, and the content will consist of developments of theoretical methods that have broad applications in physical chemistry. A time-dependent approach to linear spectroscopy and a brief introduction to nonlinear spectroscopy will also be presented.

CEIBA Website

https://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/000SSCQDaS2019

Tentative Schedule & Topics

Each meeting will be about 2 hours, and the lectures will focus on covering the principle theoretical ideas in each topic listed in the following:

1. Time-dependent perturbation theory (8/13, 2:00PM, Rm. 121)
2. Fermi’s golden rule and density matrix formalism (8/15, 2:00PM, Rm. 217)
3. System-bath model and quantum master equations (8/16, 2:00PM, Rm. 217)
4. Time-correlation functions (8/19, 2:00PM, Rm. 121)
5. Redfield theory for excitation energy transfer & electron transfer (8/23, 2:00PM, Rm. 217)
6. Time-domain description of linear spectroscopy (8/30, 2:00PM, Rm. 217)
7. Introduction to nonlinear spectroscopy (9/3, 4:00PM, Rm. 121)
8. Two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (9/6, 2:00PM, Rm. 217)