Info
| Course Code | PHC435 |
| Semester | 7 |
| Category | |
| Points | 3 |
| ECTS Units | 5 |
| Eclass |
Lecturer
Recommended Reading
«The Physics of Lasers» S. Couris Σ. (2015), ID Εudoxos: 59303562, HEAL available at: http://hdl.handle.net/11419/5366
“Laser Electronics”, Joseph Verdeyen, 3rd ed. Prentice-Hall
“Laser Fundamentals”, W. T. Silfvast, (2004), Cambridge University Press
“Principles of Lasers” O. Svelto, (2010), 5th ed., Springer US
“Laser Physics” P.W. Milonni, & J.H. Eberly, (2010). 2nd ed., Wiley
Course Description
- The Lasers as light sources and their properties
- Light and matter: dispersion and absorption
- The optical cavity
- The basic light-matter interactions and the conditions for having lasing
- The operation of laser
- The Q-switching and the production of laser pulses
- Mode-locking
- The different types of lasers
- The semiconductor lasers
- An introduction to Non Linear Optics
