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PHYS-F476
Optique non linéaire et physique des lasers
Course teacher(s)
Mustapha TLIDI (Coordinator)ECTS credits
5
Language(s) of instruction
french
Course content
Nonlinear propagation: two-level medium, propagation regimes and ultrashort pulse propagation. Cavity non linear optics: Laser theory, optical bistability. Weakly nonlinear systems: frequency mixing, second harmonic generation, optical parametric oscillator. Quantum interference: coherence and atomic interference.
Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)
Understand the light-matter interaction as an application of nonlinear Physics
Teaching methods and learning activities
Lectures
References, bibliography, and recommended reading
J. V. Moloney and A. C. Newell, Nonlinear Optics, Addison-Wesley, 1992 P. Mandel, Theoretical Problems in cavity Nonlinear Optics, Cambridge university press, 1997 R. W. Boyd, Nonlinear Optics, Elsevier, 2003
Other information
Contacts
Campus Plaine, Bat NO, 2.06.106
Evaluation
Method(s) of evaluation
- Oral examination
Oral examination
oral