Description

\\ Laser radiation properties, laser cavities, coherence, atomic spectra, Boltzmann statistics, pumping rate, power gain, threshold conditions, resonator stability, beam shape, mode structure, beam modification with intracavity elements.

Description

\\ Laser radiation properties, laser cavities, coherence, atomic spectra, Boltzmann statistics, pumping rate, power gain, threshold conditions, resonator stability, beam shape, mode structure, beam modification with intracavity elements.

Course Outline

  1. Introduction
    • Laser Safety
    • Waves in Dielectrics
    • Uncertainty Principle %
    • Lab: HeNe Alignment

  2. Ray Tracing in an Optical System
    • Ray Matrix
    • Optical Cavity
    • Stable/Unstable %
    • Lab: LED \& Laser Diodes

  3. Gaussian Beams
    • TEM Waves
    • ABCD Law
    • Divergence %
    • Lab: Spontaneous vs Stimulated

  4. Optical Cavities
    • Gaussian Beam in Cavity
    • ABCD applied to Cavity
    • Mode volume %
    • Lab: Relaxation Oscillations

  5. Resonant Optical Cavities
    • Resonance
    • Q and Finesse
    • Photon Lifetime %
    • Lab: Cavity Modes

  6. Atomic Radiation
    • Einstein Coefficients
    • Lineshape
    • Line Broadening %
    • Lab: Resonators

  7. Laser Oscillation and Amplification
    • Threshold
    • Gain Saturation
    • Laser Oscillation %
    • Lab: External Cavity

  8. Laser Characteristics
    • CW laser
    • Q-Switching
    • Mode locking %
    • Lab: Thermal Effects

  9. Laser Excitation
    • 3- and 4-level laser
    • Broadband gain
    • Gas Lasers %
    • Lab: Intracavity Mode Selection

  10. Semiconductor Lasers
    • Absorption and Gain
    • Homojunction/Heterojunction
    • Modulation %
    • Lab: Mode Locking