Lasers I

Incoherent light sources; atomic and molecular energy levels; equation or motion for probability amplitudes using first-order time dependent perturbation theory; electric dipole interaction. Einstein rate equations and the Planck radiation law; induced dipole moments and frequency dependent susceptibility. Homogeneous and inhomogeneous line broadening mechanisms; laser cavities and modes, elementary laser theory, practical lasers. (This course may be substituted for OSE 645.) Summer.

Credits

3 credits

Course Code

PH 645