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PHYS-F476

Optique non linéaire et physique des lasers

academic year
2023-2024

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

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