Course Outline

Basic Laser principles, Rate equations, Optical beams and resonators, Laser cavities and feedback, Laser dynamics, Survey of important laser technologies, Nonlinear optical effects in lasers, Optical Communication Amplifiers, Transient behavior in lasers, Q-switching, Mode-locking, Introduction to ultrafast systems,

Textbooks:

1. Anthony E. Siegman, Lasers, University Science Books (1986)
2. Orazio Svelto, Principles of Lasers, Springer (2010)
3. Andrew M Weiner, Ultrafast Photonics, Wiley (2008)
4. Miscellaneous Research Articles and Reviews.