2019 - 2020

0512-4601   Introduction to Lasers                                                                               
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
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Course description
Credit Points: 3.5
Prerequisite: Wave transmission and Distributer Systems;  Introduction to Semiconductor Physics
1. Introduction: Light sources and their characterization.
2. Matter-light main interactions: absorption, spontaneous and stimulated emission.
3. Spectral response of absorption and emission processes. Homogeneous and inhomogeneous spectral broadening.
4. Optical resonators: analysis by means of geometrical and physical optics.
5. Laser radiation generators: Threshold condition, power and saturation.
6. Optimal laser output coupling.
7. Single-mode and multimode operation of lasers.
8. Main laser-type descriptions: gas, solid-state, semiconductor and fiber-optic lasers.
9. Time-dependent effects: Q-switching and mode-locking.
10. Further examples and applications.
 
 

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