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Laser Fundamentals
- Course code: FKBT229
- Course higher education credits: 7.5
- Department: CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
- Graduate school: Chemistry
- Course is normally given: Every 3rd year
- Language: The course will be given in English
Contents: Chapters from "Laser Fundamentals" 2nd edition by William Slifvast
12 meetings of 2 hours; typically, after a brief introduction the students are grouped (max 4 persons) for a 45 min discussion of the contents of today's lecture. This will require reading the chapter(s) before the meeting. The discussion is followed by a lecture ("efterläsning") of about 45 min.
Meeting 1 Chapter(s) 1-2 Contents: Fundamentals of electromagnetic radiation, Maxwell's equations. Wave properties
Meeting 2 Chapter(s) 3 Contents: Quantum properties of atoms
Meeting 3 Chapter(s) 4, 6 Contents: Radiative transitions, black-body radiation, stimulated emission
Meeting 4 Chapter(s) 5 Contents: Quantum properties of molecules and solids
Meeting 5 Chapter(s) 7 Contents: Population inversion, gain and gain saturation
Meeting 6 Chapter(s) 8, 9, 10 Contents: Laser amplifiers, Population inversion in 3 and 4-level systems
Meeting 7 Chapter(s) 11, 12 Contents: Laser cavity modes. Gaussian beams
Meeting 8 Chapter(s) 13 Contents: Laser cavities and cavity effects.
Meeting 9 Chapter(s) 14, 15 Contents: Examples of lasers
Meeting 10 Chapter(s) 16 Contents: Manipulation of laser light, Parametric oscillations, SHG
Meeting 11 Chapter(s) Journal papers Contents: Laser spectroscopy - when do you need a laser?
Meeting 12 Chapter(s) Journal papers Contents: Experiments with pulsed lasers - temporal resolution
"Laser Fundamentals" 2nd edition by William Slifvast. More mathematical details could be found in "Principles of Lasers" 5th edition by Orazio Svelto.
Bo Albinsson, Maria Abrahamsson
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