Modern Optics 08

Supporting text: CC Davis, Lasers and Electro-Optics

• Scedule for the springterm 08 (pdf)

Lecture notes

• Light matter interaction (pdf)         CCD ch. 1, 2
• Resonators and ray tracing (pdf)     CCD ch. 4, 14, 15
• Gaussian beams (pdf)                     CCD ch. 16
• Lasing and power output (pdf)       CCD ch. 5
• The CO2 laser (pdf)                         CCD ch. 10
• Laser cooling (pdf)
• Quantum Dot Lasers (pdf)
• Eximer and Dye Lasers (ppt)

Oral exam

• Exam assignments (pdf)
• Exam arrangement and timing (pdf)

Assignments

• Davis: probl. 2.2      Due 04.02.08

• Davis: probl. 2.5      Due 11.02.08   

• A2      Due 18.02.08

• Davis: probl. 16.8, 16.9     Due 25.02.08   

• A6+A7      Due 03.03.08

Exercises

• Davis: probl. 1.5, 1.10, 2.4, 2.7      Date 04.02.08

• Davis: probl. 2.1, 2.3   A1              Date 11.02.08

• Davis: probl. 15.1, 15.2   A3  A4     Date 18.02.08

• Davis: probl. 16.2, 16.3   A5  16.11, 16.13      Date 25.02.08

• Davis: probl. 5.2, 5.8, 5.9 (set refl to 0.999 and gain 0.01/m Date 03.03.08