Course Catalog 2009-2010 International Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Person responsible

Martti Kauranen, Goery Genty

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Per 4, 5 : Wednesday 12 - 14, Room Sj212A Friday 12 - 14, Sj212A

Requirements

Graded homework (40%), examination (60%)

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Learning outcomes

Understanding of physical phenomena behind the operation of lasers. The operation will be described using simplified models that lead to a proper physical understanding.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Light-matter interaction
2.	Propagation of light
3.	Optical resonators
4.	Continuous-wave lasers
5.	Pulsed lasers

Evaluation criteria for the course

Homework (40%) and final examination (60%). Full homework points alone will give a passing grade (1). About half of the homework points and excellent performance in the exam will give the highest grade (5).

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Book	Principles of Lasers	O. Svelto			4th edition		English
Summary of lectures	Laser Physics	Martti Kauranen					English

Prerequisites

Additional information about prerequisites
Basic understanding of optical phenomena.

Correspondence of content

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1			Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %

Last modified	20.02.2009
Modifier	Goery Genty