Course Catalog 2012-2013
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Course Catalog 2012-2013

FYS-5416 Laser Physics I, 4 cr

Additional information

This course should not be taken by those who have earlier taken FYS-5406 Laser Physics
Suitable for postgraduate studies

Person responsible

Martti Kauranen

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
Excercises
 28 h/per
 14 h/per


 


 


 


 
FYS-5416 2012-01 Thursday 10 - 12, SJ204
Friday 10 - 12, SJ204

Requirements

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

Learning outcomes

After taking the course, the student is able to analyze the operation of continuous-wave lasers using appropriate formalisms to describe their different parts. The student is able to describe the basic phenomena that occur during the light-matter interaction. The student is able to describe light propagation and optical resonators using the matrix formalisms of ray and wave optics and to use them for deriving the modes of laser beams.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Interaction between light and matter      
2. Propagation of light     
3. Optical resonators     
4. Continuous-wave 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

Course Mandatory/Advisable Description
FYS-1400 Optiikka Advisable    

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
FYS-5416 Laser Physics I, 4 cr FYS-5416 Laser Physics I, 4 cr  

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
FYS-5416 2012-01 Academic Year 2012-2013       Contact teaching: 0 %
Distance learning: 0 %
Self-directed learning: 0 %  

Last modified22.02.2012