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Introduction to Quantum and Nonlinear Optics I - NOOE027
Title: Základy kvantové a nelineární optiky I
Guaranteed by: Department of Chemical Physics and Optics (32-KCHFO)
Faculty: Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Actual: from 2023
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 6
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:3/1, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech, English
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Additional information: https://physics.mff.cuni.cz/kchfo/ooe/lasery/
Guarantor: prof. RNDr. Petr Malý, DrSc.
doc. RNDr. František Trojánek, Ph.D.
Classification: Physics > Optics and Optoelectronics
Is co-requisite for: NOOE028
Annotation -
Last update: prof. RNDr. Petr Malý, DrSc. (02.05.2019)
Laser physics is a topic of this lecture. Laser is described in semi-classical approximation and in rate-equations approximation. Dynamical properties of laser and selcted regimes of operation are discussed in detail. Selected laser systems important for application are described.
Course completion requirements -
Last update: prof. RNDr. Petr Malý, DrSc. (04.05.2023)

The condition for completing the course is obtaining a credit and successfully passing the exam. Credit is a necessary condition for participation in the exam.

Literature -
Last update: prof. RNDr. Petr Malý, DrSc. (04.05.2023)

O. Svelto: Principles of Lasers, Plenum, New York 1982, Springer-Verlag, New York 2010.

A. E. Siegman: Lasers, University Science Books, Mill Valley, Ca. 1986.

B. E. A. Saleh, M. C. Teich: Základy fotoniky, Čes. překlad Matfyzpress 1991.

M. Sargent III, M.O.Scully, W.E.Lamb,Jr.: Laser Physics, Addison Wesley, Reading, 1974.

H. Haken: Light, vol.1 (Waves, Photons, Atoms), North Holland, Amsterdam 1981.

H. Haken: Light, vol.2 (Laser Light Dynamics), North Holland, Amsterdam 1985.

W. Koechner: Solid State Laser Engineering, Springer Verlag, New York 1976.

A. Yariv: Quantum Electronics, J. Wiley & Sons , New York 1975.

Requirements to the exam -
Last update: prof. RNDr. Petr Malý, DrSc. (04.05.2023)

In order to take the exam, it is necessary to obtain credit beforehand. The exam is oral to the extent given by the syllabus.

Syllabus -
Last update: prof. RNDr. Petr Malý, DrSc. (04.05.2023)

1. Light-matter interaction

Classical description. Einstein approach. Semiclassical approach. Einstein coefficients, Rabi oscilations. Line-shape function.

2. Laser rate equations

Formulation of the equations. Laser oscillator. Laser threshold. Optical gain, gain saturation.

3. Optical resonators

Geometrical optics of resonators. Stability of resonator. Boyd-Koleglnik diagram. Wave theory of resonators. Gaussian beam. Laser modes.

4. Laser dynamics

Cw laser. Optimum output coupling. Relaxation oscillations. Q-switching. Mode-locking. Femtosecond lasers.

5. Semiclassical laser equations

Formulation of semiclassical equations. Maxwell-Bloch equations. Chaos in laser dynamics.

6. Selected types of lasers

Gas lasers. Solid state lasers-Semiconductor lasers. Dye lasers. Free electron lasers.

 
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