Course overview
- Course codeFKBT229
- ECTS credits7.5
- DepartmentCHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
- Graduate schoolChemistry
- PeriodicityEvery 3rd year
- LanguageEnglish
- ApplicationContact the course coordinator
Course coordinator
- Bo Albinsson
- Full Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
About the course
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
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
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Literature
"Laser Fundamentals" 2nd edition by William Slifvast. More mathematical details could be found in "Principles of Lasers" 5th edition by Orazio Svelto.
Lecturer
Bo Albinsson, Maria Abrahamsson