Courses content
The teaching period is divided into three parts: basic courses from September to December, options in January and February, and the internship from March to July. Around 10% of the lectures are shared with the master MIO (Master en Ingénierie Optique), a master’s degree offering professional training in optics.
The Common Core (September-December) offers fundamental courses on the various aspects of light-matter interaction, as well as intensive experimental and numerical practice. The current year’s timetable is available here.
List of the core courses:
- Laser physics
- Atomic and molecular physics
- Quantum Optics
- Nonlinear optics and optics in anisotropic media
- Optics of condensed matter
- Metrology for quantum physics
- Methodology for sciences
The options (January-February) enable you to discover a wide range of very active research fields, with many internship and thesis topics on offer. At least 4 of the 6 options must be chosen. Two options offered by the M2 ICFP Quantum Physics (Quantum metrology and Optomechanics and Quantum nanomechanics) can be taken in addition.
The content of the different options can be found below:
Master 2 Quantum processes Optics and Matter 