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Introduction to Ultrafast Optics |
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| 2 |
Maxwell-Bloch Equation |
Problem set 1 out |
| 3 |
Two-Level Atoms and Rabi Flopping |
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| 4 |
Dispersion, Absorption, Gain |
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| 5 |
Nonlinear Pulse Propagation |
Problem set 1 due
Problem set 2 out |
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Pulse Compression |
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| 7 |
Self-Phase Modulation (SPM) and Solitons |
Problem set 2 due
Problem set 3 out |
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Soliton Perturbation Theory |
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| 9 |
Rate Equations and Relaxation Oscillation |
Problem set 3 due
Problem set 4 out |
| 10 |
Q-Switching |
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| 11 |
Master Equation and Active Mode-Locking |
Problem set 4 due
Problem set 5 out |
| 12 |
Passive Mode-Locking with Fast Saturable Absorbers |
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| 13 |
Passive Mode-Locking with Slow Saturable Absorbers |
Problem set 5 due
Problem set 6 out |
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Artificial Saturable Absorber Mode-Locking (APM and KLM) |
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| 15 |
Kerr-Lens Mode-Locking (KLM) |
Problem set 6 due
Problem set 7 out |
| 16 |
Semiconductor Saturable Absorber Mode-Locking |
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| 17 |
Pulse Characterization I - Autocorrelation |
Term paper proposal due
Problem set 7 due
Problem set 8 out |
| 18 |
Pulse Characterization II - FROG and SPIDER |
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| 19 |
Noise in Mode-Locked Lasers |
Problem set 8 due
Problem set 9 out |
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Frequency Metrology |
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| 21 |
Ultrafast Measurement Techniques |
Problem set 9 due
Problem set 10 out |
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Pulse Amplification |
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| 23 |
Optical Parametric Amplification (OPA) and Optical Parametric Oscillation (OPO) |
Problem set 10 due |
| 24 |
Broadband Parametric Amplification |
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| 25 |
High-Harmonic Generation and Seeded Free-Electron Lasers |
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| 26 |
Ultrafast Optics Group Lab Tour |
Term paper due |