PH450 - Laser Physics and Applications |
Spring Term 2005
General Information |
Instructor: |
Galen C. Duree Jr., PhD |
Office: |
DL102 |
Phone: |
872-6025 |
E-Mail: |
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Campus Box: |
182 |
Office Hours: |
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM M T W Th |
Text: |
Fundamentals of Photonics B. E. A. Saleh and M. C. Teich |
Homework: |
Homework problems will be assigned in class at which time the due date will be given (or see below under Assignments). Please show all of your work. Please write only on one side of the paper. You are encouraged to discuss the homework with your colleagues, however, you are required to prepare your own solutions. |
Exams: |
There will be a take-home mid-term exam and a comprehensive oral final exam |
Laboratory: |
There will be about eight laboratories with this course. Each student is responsible for turning in one memo-format lab report for each lab. In addition, each lab group is responsible for maintaining a lab notebook which is to be a detailed description about what was done in the lab. This lab notebook is to be turned in at the end of the term. The notebook will be graded and will have a maximum point value equal to one lab report (100 points). |
Grades: |
The final grade will be determined as follows: Homework 30% Exams 40% Laboratory 30% |
Topics The following is a list of chapters potentially covered in this course. The list may need to be modified depending on how the course progresses. |
Please review Chapter 1 Chapter 2 |
Ray Optics - especially Section 1.4 (Matrix Optics) Wave Optics - especially Section 2.2 (Wave Equation) |
Chapter 9 |
Resonator Optics |
Chapter 3 |
Beam Optics |
Chapter 11 |
Photon Optics |
Mid-Term Exam |
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Chapter 13 |
Laser Amplifiers |
Chapter 14 |
Lasers |
The midterm exam will be given out in class on Monday, April 18, 2005 and due by 5:15 PM on Monday, April 25, 2005 |
Assignments |
Due Tuesday, March 29, 2005 | |
Due Monday, April 18, 2005 | |
Due Monday, May 2, 2005 | |
Due Thursday, May 12, 2005 | |
Due Thursday, May 19, 2005 (The last one!) |
Laboratories |
Experiment #6 No soft copy! |
Modelocking |
Experiment #7 | |
Experiment #8 No soft copy! |
Dye Flouresence and Absorption |
Last update 06/28/2010 by Galen C. Duree Jr.