PHY 4311 Introduction to Photonics - Lasers

3 units
Physics
Faculty of Science
Introduction to laser physics including spontaneous and stimulated emission (Einstein's A and B coefficients), basic operation of lasers, linear and nonlinear light-matter interaction, dispersion and its control, longitudinal and transverse modes of a resonator, mode-locking, beam propagation.

Components:

Lecture

Requirements:

Prerequisites: PHY 2311 , PHY 2323 . PHY 3370 is corequisite to PHY 4311 . The courses PHY 4311 , PHY 4310 cannot be combined for units.

Previously Offered Terms:

Fall

French Equivalent:

Organized

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Recommend

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Fair Assessments

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