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Wiki page for course QT5201U (Quantum control technology) - AY2026/27S1

This will be the place for documenting projects. To be able to write something to this wiki, we need to create a user login manually. If you have not yet created an account, do let me know - Christian.

Next class: Mon 17 Aug 2026 in the seminar room S15 level 5.

Project pages

Example project title

One sentence, describing what this project is is about.

Team members: A, B, C

Resources

Some hopefully useful references should go here.

Recommended literature

• Bahaa E. A. Saleh, Malvin Carl Teich: Fundamentals of Photonics, Wiley; available as e-book in NUS. Excellent reference book for many optics topics.

Recorded classes

Date	Topic	Description	Reference
17.8.2026	Paraxial ray optics	A recap of how to deal with classical ray optics through ABCD matrices	Saleh, Teich: Fundamentals of Photonics
18.8.2026	Paraxial wave optics	Working towards Gaussian beams found with lasers...	same as above
14.8.2026	Optical cavities 1	Fabry-Perot, simple 1D dimensional

Complete playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLN-Fk1m9cTD4

Previous version of this course wiki

• AY2012S2: https://ay2021s2.qt5201.org

Getting started

Consult the User's Guide for information on using the wiki software.

• MediaWiki FAQ
• Math can be entered in LaTeX style: <math>r^2=\sqrt{x^2+y^2}</math> renders as $r^2=\sqrt{x^2+y^2}$
• Should you miss any module or functionality of this wiki, please contact me (Christian Kurtsiefer).