Course Offering In Ultrafast Laser Techniques And Experiment

[Schumacher, Douglass]

Physics 8820, "Special Topics"
Ultrafast Laser Techniques And Experiment
Douglass Schumacher
dws at mps.ohio-state.edu

This course focuses on the fundamental concepts and techniques necessary to perform experiments using ultrafast lasers. An ultrafast laser is one that generates laser pulses shorter than a picosecond, typically much shorter. The goal of this course is to help students progress in their femtosecond-based research.

Requirements: A good undergraduate background in E&M and QM.

Course Outline
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(Some areas will be covered in detail while others will be surveyed.)

1) Linear pulse propagation
Including: time and frequency domain views, dispersion, compressors and expanders, pulse shaping.

2) Non-linear optics
Second and third order effects including: sum and difference frequency generation, OPG/OPA, Pockels effect, Raman generation, Kerr effect, self-focusing; phase matching, the Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation (soliton formation).

3) Characterization of short pulses
Including: spectrometers, auto-correlators, interferometric devices, FROG.

4) Short pulse generation and amplification
Including: Gaussian optics and matrix methods, lasing, Q-switching, modelocking, amplification, OPCPA, basic design of short pulse laser systems, laser facilities.

5) Experimental techniques using short pulses
Based on student interests and needs.


Course Information
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Assessment: Homework problems and presentations.
Grading: Letter grade.


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