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Lecture |
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Title |
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1 |
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Introduction - Laser
Fundamentals |
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2 |
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Introduction - Laser
Fundamentals |
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3 |
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No
additional notes |
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4 |
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Photorefractive Effect |
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5 |
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No
additional notes |
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6 |
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Interaction of Radiation with Matter |
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7 |
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No
additional notes |
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8 |
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No
additional notes |
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9 |
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No
additional notes |
|
10 |
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Strongly
Coupled Levels, Non-Radiative Decay |
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11 |
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No
additional notes |
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12 |
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Saturation
in Laser Gain Media |
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13 |
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Optical Resonators |
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14 |
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No
additional notes |
|
15 |
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Gaussian
Beams |
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16 |
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Gaussian
Beams in Optical Resonators |
|
17 |
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Laser
Pumping |
|
18 |
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Continuous
Wave Laser Behavior |
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19 |
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Midterm
Review |
|
20 |
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No
additional notes |
|
21 |
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Midterm
Exam |
|
22 |
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Photon
Lifetime, Output Power, Laser Efficiency |
|
23 |
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Multimode
Lasing |
|
24 |
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Laser
Noise |
|
25 |
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No
additional notes |
|
26 |
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Relaxation Oscillations, Q-Switching |
|
27 |
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Q-Switching |
|
28 |
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Principles of Modelocking |
|
29 |
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Principles of Modelocking |
|
30 |
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No additional notes |
|
31 |
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No additional notes |
|
32 |
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Group Velocity Dispersion and Pulse
Width |
|
32 |
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No additional notes |
|
33 |
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No additional notes |
|
34 |
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Handouts distributed in class |
|
35 |
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Diode Lasers - Balance Equation and
Gain |
|
36 |
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Diode Lasers - Pumping, Eigenmodes,
Rate Eqs. |
|
37 |
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DFB and DBR Lasers, VCSELs |
|
38 |
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Bragg Reflectors, DFB Fabrication |
|
40 |
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Introduction to Quantum Dot Lasers |
|
41 |
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Properties of Quantum Dot Lasers |
|
42 |
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Quantum Dot Lasers, Tuning, Mid-IR |
|
43 |
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Multimode Diode Lasers, Laser
Stabilization |
|
44 |
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Green Laser Pointers |
|
45 |
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Review for Final Exam |
OPTI 541