After successful completion of the course, students are able to explain and independently analyze advanced photonic concepts describing various linear and nonlinear interactions between light and matter.
Interaction of radiation and atomic systems:
- Atomic susceptibility and optical Bloch equations
- Gain saturation in systems with homogeneous and inhomogeneous broadening.
- Spectral and spatial hole burning.
Coherent interactions:
- Vector representation
- Dicke’s superradiance
- Photon Echoes
- Self-induced transparency
Nonlinear Optics:
- Nonlinear susceptibilities
- Three and four wave mixing, phase matching (general principles)
- TDSE
- SHG, THG
- Parametric amplification, oscillation, fluorescence
- Optical Kerr effect
- Spontaneous and stimulated Raman and Brillouin scattering. Optical phase conjugation.
- Linear and quadratic electrooptic effects
- Acoustooptics (as a form of three-wave mixing)
Technology overview of most significant laser types
- General classification: semiconductor, fiber, gas, solid-state, etc. active media and pumping architectures
- Typical solid-state lasers (Nd-, Yb-, Ti-, Cr- doped)
- Typical fiber lasers (Er-, Yb- doped)
- Typical high-power gal lasers (CO2, excimer)
Noteworthy laser applications:
- Dynamics of laser—matter interactions, ablation regimes
- Materials processing (cutting, welding, waveguide inscription, additive manufacturing, microfluidics)
- Nonlinear-optical applications in medicine and biology (surgery, dentistry, two-photon microscopy, SRS tissue imaging)
- Metrological applications
- Astronomy (guided star)
- Prospect for laser-driven energy generation from thermonuclear fusion.
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Georg Reider, Photonik / Photonics
Ralf Menzel, Photonics Linear and Nonlinear Interactions of Laser Light and Matter, (Springer 2007)
Eugene Hecht, Optics, (Addison Wesley, 2002)
Orazio Svelto, Principles of Lasers, (Plenum Press, 1998)
Ammon Yariv, Quantum Electronics, 3rd edition (John Wiley, 1989)
Robert Boyd, Nonlinear Optics, 4rd edition (Academic Press, 2020)
Marc Eichhorn, Laser Physics: From Principles to Practical Work in the Lab, (Springer 2014)
