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Syllabus |
No lecture on Monday, Jan. 17 (It's a holiday).
No lecture on Monday, Feb. 21 (It's a holiday).
Announcement:
An extra lecture hour will be held Monday Feb. 7 from 5-5:50 pm in IERF
B011.
The regularly scheduled class will meet 6-8:50 pm on Monday Feb. 7 in the usual
room (ELH 110).
Outline and lecture notes (in .pdf format):
The lecture notes will be available at the copy center at the base of ET as a bound copy.
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Lecture 1: Introduction |
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Lecture 2: Classical review of electromagnetic waves |
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Lecture 3: Fields in a box |
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Lecture 4: Planck, atomic physics, Einstein A/B coeffecients |
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Lecture 5: Two level rate equations |
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Lecture 6: Three level rate equations |
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Lecture 7: Gain saturation, fiber amplifiers |
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Lecture 8: Laser oscillation |
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Lecture 9: Laser output power |
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Lecture 10: Time dependent oscillation |
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Lecture 11: Example lasers |
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Lecture 12: Band theory of solids |
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Lecture 13: Optical properties of semiconductors |
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Lecture 14: Semiconductor lasers |
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Lecture 15: DBR, DFB lasers |
Homework will be posted as the course develops:
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HW1 |
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HW2 |
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HW3 |
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HW3 solutions |
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Midterm solns. and grading criteria |
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HW4 |
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HW4 solns. |
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HW5 |
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HW5 solns. |
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Final & solns. |
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