FYS-5417 Laser Physics, 5 cr
Additional information
This course should not be taken by those who have earlier taken FYS-5406 Laser Physics
Suitable for postgraduate studies.
Person responsible
Goery Genty, Marco Ornigotti
Lessons
| Implementation | Period | Person responsible | Requirements |
| FYS-5417 2019-01 | 2 |
Goery Genty Marco Ornigotti |
Homeworks + Exam |
Learning Outcomes
After taking the course, the student is able to analyze the operation of continuous-wave lasers using appropriate formalisms to describe their different parts. The student is able to describe the basic phenomena that occur during the light-matter interaction. The student is able to describe light propagation and optical resonators using the matrix formalisms of ray and wave optics and to use them for deriving the modes of laser beams.
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | Laser properties | Coherence | |
| 2. | Fundamental interactions between light and matter, including | Saturation effects | |
| 3. | Gaussian beams | Propagation of Gaussian beams | |
| 4. | Optical resonators properties | Modes characteristics inside resonators | |
| 5. | Continuous wave laser operation | Rate equations |
Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes
Homework (40%) and final examination (60%). Full homework points alone will give a passing grade (1). About half of the homework points and excellent performance in the exam will give the highest grade (5).
Assessment scale:
Numerical evaluation scale (0-5)
Additional information about prerequisites
Basic optics, for example FYS-1400 Optiikka or FYS-1406 Optics
Correspondence of content
| Course | Corresponds course | Description |
| FYS-5417 Laser Physics, 5 cr | FYS-5416 Laser Physics I, 4 cr |