Lasers
Lasrar

FAFN01F, 7.5 högskolepoäng

Gäller från och med: Autumn 2013
Beslutad av: FN1/Anders Gustafsson
Datum för fastställande: 2013-04-02

Allmänna uppgifter

Avdelning: Atomic Physics
Kurstyp: Gemensam kurs, avancerad nivå och forskarnivå
Kursen ges även på avancerad nivå med kurskoder: FAFN01, FYSN14
Undervisningsspråk: English

Syfte

The course aims at providing knowledge about the physical principles of lasers as well as to give an orientation of the different laser types and laser techniques.

Mål

Kunskap och förståelse

För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden

• know how a laser works.
• understand important concepts such as stimulated absorption and emission, homogeneous and inhomogeneous broadening, diffraction, electromagnetic propagation in a cavity, dispersion, amplification, mode-locking.
• be able to orient himself / herself among the different lasers for a given application.

Färdighet och förmåga

För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden

• independently be able to perform alignments and measurements on different lasers.
• be able to calculate conditions for lasing and amplification as well as propagation of a laser beam through optical components.
• be able to solve problems in Optics and Lasers.
• be able to acquire, integrate and evaluate knowledge and facts from literature in English within the field.
• be able to present the results of a project in writing
• have an increased experience for working in groups of two or four persons towards a common goal.

Kursinnehåll

•Gaussian beams, propagation through optical components. •Resonator optics •Photons and atoms •Laser amplifiers •Lasers •Statistical Optics, coherence Laboratory exercises: Helium Neon laser, Diode laser, Neodym laser. Project with a ray tracing programme.

Kurslitteratur

Saleh, B. E. A. & Teich, M. C.: Fundamental of Photonics.

Kursens undervisningsformer

Undervisningsformer: Föreläsningar, laborationer, övningar, projekt

Kursens examination

Examinationsformer: Skriftlig tentamen, skriftlig rapport, inlämningsuppgifter. Written exam. Three mandatory laboratory exercises with report. A small project using a ray tracing programme.
Betygsskala: Underkänd, godkänd
Examinator:

Antagningsuppgifter

Förutsatta förkunskaper: Basic Physics, Mathematics and Optics.

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