Course Catalog 2008-2009 Basic Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Course´s person responsible

Martti Kauranen, Goery Genty

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1		3.-n. vuosikurssi DI-Opiskelijat Jatko-opiskelijat KV-opiskelijat

Requirements

Graded homework (40%), examination (60%)

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Objectives

Understanding the fundamental principles of nonlinear optics using the susceptibility formalism.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Nonlinear response and symmetry
2.	Signal growth
3.	Second-order effects
4.	Third-order effects
5.	Photorefraction

Evaluation criteria for the course

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 (1-5) will be used on the course

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Book	Nonlinear Optics	R. W. Boyd			Second edition		English
Summary of lectures	Nonlinear Optics	M. Kauranen					English

Prerequisites

Correspondence of content

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1			Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %

Last modified	07.08.2008
Modifier	Goery Genty