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FYS-5516 Nonlinear Optics I, 4 cr

Additional information

This course should not be taken by those who have earlier taken FYS-5506 Fundamentals of nonlinear optics
Suitable for postgraduate studies

Person responsible

Martti Kauranen, Goery Genty

Lessons

Study type	P1	P2	P3	P4	Summer	Implementations	Lecture times and places
Lectures Excercises	28 h/per  14 h/per					FYS-5516 2013-01	Monday 10 - 12, $lesson.place Tuesday 10 - 12, $lesson.place Monday 10 - 12, TB219 Tuesday 10 - 12, TB219 Monday 10 - 12, SJ204 Tuesday 10 - 12, SJ204

Requirements

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

Learning Outcomes

After taking this course, the student is able to analyze second- and third-order nonlinear optical responses of materials using the susceptibility formalism. The student is able to formulate the wave equations that describe the basic nonlinear interactions and to solve them in simple cases while taking into account the influence of phase matching. The student is able to apply these methods to phenomena based on frequency conversion, nonlinear index of refraction and four-wave mixing.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Nonlinear response
2.	Signal growth
3.	Second-order effects
4.	Third-order effects

Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes

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	Nonlinear Optics	R. W. Boyd			Third Edition	Yes	English
Summary of lectures	Nonlinear Optics	M. Kauranen				Yes	English

Additional information about prerequisites
Basic optics, for example FYS-1400 Optiikka

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Correspondence of content

Course	Corresponds course	Description
FYS-5516 Nonlinear Optics I, 4 cr	FYS-5516 Nonlinear Optics I, 4 cr

More precise information per implementation

Implementation	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
FYS-5516 2013-01	Academic Year 2013-2014		Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %

Last modified

25.02.2013