Catalog Description: Interaction of radiation with atomic and semiconductor systems, density matrix treatment, semiclassical laser theory (Lamb's), laser resonators, specific laser systems, laser dynamics, Q-switching and mode-locking, noise in lasers and optical amplifiers. Nonlinear optics, phase-conjugation, electrooptics, acoustooptics and magnetooptics, coherent optics, stimulated Raman and Brillouin scattering.
Units: 3
Prerequisites: 117A, Physics 137A, or equivalents.
Formats:
Fall: 3 hours of lecture per week
Spring: 3 hours of lecture per week
Grading basis: letter
Final exam status: Written final exam conducted during the scheduled final exam period