These lecture notes serve as the required course text, Ultrafast Optics. They are presented in the table below to approximate the chronology of topics and themes listed on the calendar.
| 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) | No notes provided |
| 24 | Broadband Parametric Amplification | No notes provided |
| 25 | High-Harmonic Generation and Seeded Free-Electron Lasers | No notes provided |
| 26 | Ultrafast Optics Group Lab Tour | No notes provided |
