Physics of lasers - 4PMNPLA9

Informations générales

  • Number of hours

    • Lectures 10.0
    • Projects 0
    • Tutorials 10.0
    • Internship 0
    • Laboratory works 0

    ECTS

    ECTS 2.0

Goal(s)

Contact Celine TERNON, Benoit BOULANGER

Content(s)

When you finish this module you will :

understand how lasers operate

understand how gain or amplification is produced

know how various beam characteristics occur

know about longitudinal and transverse modes

design laser amplifiers

design laser cavities or resonators

understand unstable resonators

be familiar with Q-switching

understand mode locking

be familiar with how a variety of laser types work and be familiar with their wavelengths, power capabilities, and beam properties



Prerequisites

Test

written 2h



N1 = DS1
N2 = DS2

Additional Information

Course list
Curriculum->IPhy->Semester 7

Bibliography

B.E.A. Saleh and M.C. Teich Fundamental of Photonics John Wiley & Sons, New York., 1991
D. Dangoisse, Daniel Hennequin et Véronique Zehnlé-Dhaoui, Les lasers Dunod, Paris, 1998
R. Dändliker, Les lasers, principes et fonctionnement PPUR, Lausanne, 1996
A.E. Siegman, An Introduction to Lasers and Masers McGraw-Hill,1971