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Semiconductor Optoelectronics: Theory and Design

Graduate · Historical course

Spring 2005 · Ultrafast Optics

This course is offered to graduate students and addresses issues regarding ultrafast optics. Topics covered include: Generation, propagation and applications of ultrashort pulses (nano-, pico-, femto-, attosecond pulses); Linear and nonlinear pulse shaping processes: Optical solitons, Pulse compression; Laser principles: Single- and multi-mode laser dynamics, Q-switching, Active and passive mode-locking; Pulse characterization: Autocorrelation, FROG, SPIDER; Noise in mode-locked lasers and its limitations in measurements; Laser amplifiers, optical parametric amplifiers, and oscillators; Applications in research and industry: Pump-probe techniques, Optical imaging, Frequency metrology, Laser ablation, High harmonic generation.

Readings

  • Svelto, Orazio. Principles of Lasers . 4th ed. New York, NY: Plenum Press, 1998. ISBN: 0306457482.
    Recommended
  • Haus, Herman. Waves and Fields in Optoelectronics . Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1984. ISBN: 0139460535.
    Listed reading
  • Allen, L., and J. H. Eberly. Optical Resonance and Two Level Atoms . New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons, 1987. ISBN: 0486655334.
    Listed reading
  • Meystre, Pierre, and Murray Sargent. Elements of Quantum Optics. 3rd ed. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1998. ISBN: 354064220X.
    Listed reading
  • Diels, Jean-Claude, Wolfgang Rudolph, Paul Liao, and Paul Kelley. Ultrashort Laser Pulse Phenomena: Fundamentals, Techniques, and Applications on a Femtosecond Time Scale . Burlington, MA: Academic Press, 1996. ISBN: 0122154924.
    Listed reading
  • Kärtner, F. X., ed. Topics in Applied Physics: Few-Cycle Laser Pulse Generation and Its Applications . Vol. 95. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 2004. ISBN: 3540201157.
    Listed reading
Fall 2002

Topics

  • Review, midterm

Readings

  • Coldren, and Corzine. Diode Lasers and Photonic Integrated Circuits . 1st ed. New York, NY: Wiley-Interscience, October 16, 1995. ISBN: 0471118753.
    Listed reading
  • Chuang, S. L. Physics of Optoelectronic Devices . New York, NY: Wiley-Interscience, September 8, 1995. ISBN: 0471109398.
    Listed reading
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