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P456 Nonlinear Optics and Lasers

Course Code
P456
Credit
8
Prerequisite

P204 (Electromagnetism I)

Total Hours
42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials
Outcome of the Course
This course teaches the students advanced concepts and methods in modern topics in laser optics and nonlinear optics necessary for the student to take up basic research work in optics.
Approval
UG-Elective
Syllabus
  • Introduction to general lasers and their types, emission, absorption processes and rate equations, population inversion, gain, optical cavities, three and four level lasers, CW and pulsed lasers, Qswitching and mode-locking, physics of gas discharge, atomic, ionic, molecular, liquid, and excimer lasers, optical pumping, Holography
  • Overview of non- linear Optics, nonlinear polarization, nonlinear optical susceptibility, Symmetry considerations
  • Wave propagation in nonlinear media
  • Electro optical and magneto optical effects
  • Higher harmonic generations, phase matching and quasi phase matching, Sum and difference frequency generation, Optical parametric amplification and oscillation
  • Kerr effect, Cross-Phase Modulation, Self phase modulation, Multi-photon processes , Self focusing, Four-Wave Mixing
  • Laser Spectroscopy, wave front conjugation Stimulated Raman Scattering, Stimulated Brillouin Scattering, Optical solitons and Optical pulse compression
Reference Books
  1. Lasers by P. W. Milonni and J. H. Eberly
  2. Lasers by A. E. Siegman
  3. Principles of Lasers by Orazio Svelto
  4. The Principles of Nonlinear Optics by Y. R. Shen
  5. Nonlinear Optics by Robert W. Boyd
  6. Nonlinear Optics: Basic Concepts by D. L. Mills
  7. Optical waves in crystals by Amnon Yariv and Pochi Yeh
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