Courses Offered
Lasers: Principles
Course Code: E7 222; Credits: 3:0. Academic Session: August
Course Description: Lasers are present in many day-to-day aspects of modern life. In this course we will study the fundamental principles of operation, design and control of lasers and apply them to understand practical laser system designs and their applications.
Textbooks/References
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Lasers: A. E. Siegmann (latest Edition)
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Laser Electronics: Joseph T. Verdeyen (latest Edition)
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Principles of Lasers: Orazio Svelto (latest Edition)
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Research papers
Topic covered
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Review of Electromagnetic theory
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Gaussian Beams
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Optical Cavities
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Atomic radiation
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Laser Oscillation and Amplification
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Laser characteristics
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Laser Excitation
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Semiconductor Lasers
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Spectroscopy of common lasers
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Detection of optical radiation
Fourier Optics
Course Code: E7 223; Credits: 3:0; Academic Session: January
Course Description: In this course, we will study the Fourier analysis and its applications in optics. Specifically, we will study its applications in diffraction problems, beam propagation and transfer function engineering of imaging systems containing lenses, apertures and holography systems.
Textbooks/References
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Introduction to Fourier Optics: Joseph Goodman (Latest Edition)
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Research papers
Topics covered
1. Analysis of two-dimensional signals and systems
2. Foundations of Scalar Diffraction Theory
3. Fresnel and Fraunhofer Diffraction
4. Wave-Optics Analysis of Coherent Optical systems
5. Frequency Analysis of Optical Imaging Systems
6. Point-Spread Function and Transfer Function Engineering
7. Wavefront Modulation
8. Holography