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Course Catalog 2010-2011

FYS-5406 Laser Physics, 6 cr

Person responsible

Martti Kauranen, Goery Genty

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
Excercises


 


 
 24 h/per
 12 h/per
+24 h/per
+12 h/per


 
FYS-5406 2010-01 Wednesday 12 - 14, SG312
Thursday 12 - 14, SG312
Friday 12 - 14, SG312

Requirements

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

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Learning outcomes

After taking the course, the student is able to analyze the operation of lasers using appropriate formalisms to describe their different parts. The student is able to describe light-matter interaction using a quantum-mechanical approach and rate equations and taking into account the electromagnetic modes and energy density. 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. The student is able to apply these formalisms to describe the operation of continuous-wave and pulsed lasers.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Light-matter interaction     
2. Propagation of light     
3. Optical resonators     
4. Continuous-wave lasers     
5. Pulsed lasers     

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   Principles of Lasers   O. Svelto       4th edition      English  
Summary of lectures   Laser Physics   Martti Kauranen            English  

Prerequisites

Course Mandatory/Advisable Description
FYS-1400 Optics Mandatory    

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
FYS-5406 Laser Physics, 6 cr FYS-5400 Laser Physics, 6 cr  

Additional information

Suitable for postgraduate studies

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
FYS-5406 2010-01 Academic Year 2010-2011       Contact teaching: 0 %
Distance learning: 0 %
Self-directed learning: 0 %  

Last modified12.01.2010