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Hi,
I'm in the third year of my undergraduate studies - physics - and trying to begin with some research. I am really interested in quantum optics - and rather experimental than theoretical.
There is a center for quantum information at my university, which has a really good reputation, but they are working on theory, which I am somehow "scared of" - I simply can't imagine myself being a theorist. I am not sure if I could be the one to discover anything new in theory, although I don't have problems with Theoretical subjects (like Theoretical and Quantum mechanics, from which I've got A's).
On the other hand, the optics department is on a very poor level. They do some research in holography and optical communication systems, but they have a very bad reputation and don't do anything related to quantum optics.
So my question is:
Should I:
1. go for optics, do something in optoelectronics and later to go to a grad school where they do experimental QO
2. go for theoretical QO and later to go to a grad school where they do experimental QO
3. go for theoretical QO
If (answer == 2), does one need all the subjects like:
Differential Geometry
Lie Groups
Standard model
Renormalisation
QFT
Mathematical physics
?
I'm in the third year of my undergraduate studies - physics - and trying to begin with some research. I am really interested in quantum optics - and rather experimental than theoretical.
There is a center for quantum information at my university, which has a really good reputation, but they are working on theory, which I am somehow "scared of" - I simply can't imagine myself being a theorist. I am not sure if I could be the one to discover anything new in theory, although I don't have problems with Theoretical subjects (like Theoretical and Quantum mechanics, from which I've got A's).
On the other hand, the optics department is on a very poor level. They do some research in holography and optical communication systems, but they have a very bad reputation and don't do anything related to quantum optics.
So my question is:
Should I:
1. go for optics, do something in optoelectronics and later to go to a grad school where they do experimental QO
2. go for theoretical QO and later to go to a grad school where they do experimental QO
3. go for theoretical QO
If (answer == 2), does one need all the subjects like:
Differential Geometry
Lie Groups
Standard model
Renormalisation
QFT
Mathematical physics
?