Below is a selection of lecture notes that approximate chronologically the topics and themes listed on the calendar.
Lecture notes files.
| LEC # |
TOPICS |
LECTURE NOTES |
| 1 |
Introduction to Ultrafast Optics |
Chapter 1 (PDF) |
| 2-4 |
Maxwell-Bloch Equation
Two-Level Atoms and Rabi Flopping
Dispersion, Absorption, Gain |
Chapter 2 (PDF) |
| 5-8 |
Nonlinear Pulse Propogation
Pulse Compression
Self-Phase Modulation (SPM) and Solitons
Soliton Pertubation Theory |
Chapter 3 (PDF - 2.4 MB) |
| 9-10 |
Rate Equations and Relaxation Oscillation
Q-Switching |
Chapter 4 (PDF) |
| 11 |
Master Equation and Active Mode-Locking |
Chapter 5 (PDF) |
| 12-13 |
Passive Mode-Locking with Fast Saturable Absorbers
Passive Mode-Locking with Slow Saturable Absorbers |
Chapter 6 (PDF) |
| 14-15 |
Artificial Saturable Absorber Mode-Locking (APM and KLM)
Kerr-Lens Mode-Locking (KLM) |
Chapter 7 (PDF - 1.0 MB) |
| 16 |
Semiconductor Saturable Absorber Mode-Locking |
Chapter 8 (PDF) |
| 17-18 |
Pulse Characterization I - Autocorrelation
Pulse Characterization II - FROG and SPIDER |
Chapter 10 (PDF) |
| 19-20 |
Noise in Mode-Locked Lasers
Frequency Metrology |
Chapter 9 (PDF) |
| 21 |
Ultrafast Measurement Techniques |
Chapter 11 (PDF) |
| 22 |
Pulse Amplification |
Chapter 12 (PDF) |
| 23 |
Optical Parametric Amplification (OPA) and Optical Parametric Oscillation (OPO) |
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| 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 |
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