COURSE SCHEDULE 29 OCTOBER 2003 VERSION 3 ECE 355 FALL 2003 LECTURE DAY DATE MONTH TOPIC READING ASSIGNMENT VERDEYEN 1 W 27 Aug 2 M W 1 3 Sept Sept 3 4 M W 8 10 Sept Sept 5 M 15 Sept 6 W 17 Sept 7 M 22 Sept 8 W 24 Sept 9 F 26 Sept 10 M W F M 29 1 3 6 Sept Oct Oct Oct W M W M W M W M 8 13 15 20 22 27 29 3 Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct Nov W 5 Nov 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Introduction Review of electromagnetics Labor Day no class Ray tracing ABCD matrix Stable cavities Gaussian beams SILFVAST 1 1 1 7 1 9 Ch 1 2 2 1 2 5 2 12 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 7 11 1 11 2 11 3 11 4 Gaussian beams Higher order modes ABCD law Optical cavities Resonant cavities 5 1 5 3 6 1 10 1 10 2 6 2 Resonant optical cavities Fabray 6 3 6 7 10 1 10 2 Perot Etalons Resonant optical cavities Fabray 6 3 6 7 10 1 10 2 Perot Etalons Blackbody radiation Einstein 7 1 7 4 Ch 6 coefficients Lineshape function Lineshape broadening and gain in 7 5 7 6 4 1 4 3 atomic systems threshold gain 8 1 8 3 7 1 7 6 No Class MJK Travel No Class MJK Travel 8 1 8 3 7 1 7 6 Exam 1 Lectures 1 9 Threshold gain saturation laser 8 1 8 3 7 1 7 6 oscillation homogeneous Laser oscillation inhomogeneous 8 4 8 6 7 7 7 8 Laser efficiency and dynamics 9 1 9 3 8 1 8 3 Q switching 9 4 9 5 12 2 Mode locking 9 5 12 3 No Class MJK Travel 3 and 4 level lasers 10 1 10 2 9 1 9 2 Rare Earth lasers 10 2 14 2 14 8 Guest Lecture Homework Due after class with and solutions available from Ran Hu Exam 2 Lectures 10 17 1 18 F 7 Nov 10 5 10 7 14 1 15 115 2 10 7 10 8 13 1 13 10 Lecture notes 11 1 11 3 15 1 15 7 14 9 11 4 5 4 Nov Nov Discussion of Projects Broad band gain and tunable lasers Gas discharge lasers Gas discharge lasers He Ne Cu Ar Excimer Non linear processes harmonic generation Semiconductor lasers Introduction and review of semiconductor theory Semiconductor laser absorption and gain Thanksgiving Break Thanksgiving Break 19 M 10 Nov 20 W 12 Nov 21 M 17 Nov 22 W 19 Nov M W 24 26 23 M 1 Dec Diode lasers 11 5 24 W 3 Dec Diode lasers 11 5 11 7 25 M 8 Dec 26 W 10 Dec M 15 Dec Mini Exam 3 and Selected Final Project Presentations Selected Final Project Presentations Final Projects Due or Final Exam Please do reading before indicated class period Verdeyen reading assignments are required and are from J T Verdeyen Laser Electronics 3rd Edition Silfvast reading assignments are optional and are from W Silfvast Laser Fundamentals 2