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ENGPHYS 721

Optical Amplifiers and Lasers

Graduate

Winter 2022

Topics

  • Introduction to optical gain media
  • Spectroscopy of light-emitting materials
  • Laser cavities
  • Steady-state theories of optical amplifiers and lasers
  • Fiber-optic systems
  • Photonic integrated circuits

Readings

  • Amnon Yariv and Pochi Yeh, Photonics: Optical Electronics in Modern Communications, 6th Edition (Oxford University Press, 2007).
    6th Edition · unspecified
  • Anthony E. Siegman, Lasers, (University Science Books, 1986).
    unspecified
Sources