Ultrafast Optics

Calendar

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