ELEC 569 / PHYS 569 Web Central

This class will next be offered in the spring of 2009

NOTE: PowerPoint and PDF files can be downloaded from Rice domains only.

General Information

This class deals with the field of ultrafast optical phenomena. There is no required text; the following topics will be covered:

Electromagnetic propagation in the presence of gain
Laser oscillation and cavities
Ray optics
Pulse propagation
Non-linear optical phenomena
Kerr-lens mode locking
Short pulse measurement
Ultrafast techniques

     Class Room: The room is to be announced.
     Class Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:30 - 3:50pm
     Office hours: by appointment (Abercrombie A205, phone: x5452)

Prerequisites: It is assumed that you have had some exposure to E&M, at the level of an advanced undergraduate course. Knowledge of quantum mechanics is helpful but not required. Undergraduates who are interested in taking this class should contact Dr. Mittleman to discuss these issues.

Assignments: Problem sets are occasional. One of the important aspects of this class are the student presentations, which occur towards the end of the semester. This will be discussed during the first day of lecture.

Attendance: Lecture attendance is REQUIRED. If there is one way to guarantee that you do NOT get an A in this class, it is to fail to attend lecture.

Announcements

There are no announcements now.

Lectures (PowerPoint files)

Lectures will be posted here in the form of PDF files. This is intended to save you the trouble of copying everything down during lectures. Take advantage of this.

Lecture 1
Lecture 2
Lecture 3
Lecture 4
Lecture 5
Lecture 6
Lecture 7
Lecture 8
Lecture 9
Lecture 10
Lecture 11
Lecture 12
Lecture 13

Interesting Links

Optical Society of America (OSA) - contains links to web pages for the OSA Annual Meeting, the Optical Fiber Conference, and CLEO/QELS. Also links to all of the OSA journals including JOSA and Optics Letters. Student memberships available.
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) - co-sponsors of the CLEO/QELS meeting, OFC, and also the home of the LEOS Annual Meeting. Student memberships available. Also check out the home page of the Houston Chapter of LEOS for local events!
American Physical Society Division of Laser Science (APS - DLS) - student memberships available.
Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science
The FROG home page

Students

If you take this class, then your name will be listed here.

Contact Dr. Mittleman.

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