Laser Technique 2

Vztahy:

It is not possible to register for the course 12LTB2 if the student is concurrently registered for or has already completed the course 12LT2 (mutually exclusive courses).

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Department of Laser Physics and Photonics

Synopsis:

Laser oscillator, the rate equation, the laser amplifier, Q-switching, mode-locking

Requirements:

Introduction to laser technique, Laser technique 1

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Syllabus of lectures:

Laser oscillator, pulsed and steady state regime, rate equations for laser oscillator. Laser amplifier, amplified signal distortion reason. Q-switching mode, types of Q-switches, Q-switching rate equations modification and solutions. Types of mode-locker.Examples of Q-switched and mode-locked lasers.

Syllabus of tutorials:

Laser oscillator, pulsed and steady state regime, rate equations for laser oscillator. Laser amplifier, amplified signal distortion reason. Q-switching mode, types of Q-switches, Q-switching rate equations modification and solutions. Types of mode-locker.Examples of Q-switched and mode-locked lasers.

Study Objective:

Knowledge: laser oscillator; rate equations; laser amplifier, Q-switching regime; mode-locking regime.

Skills: calculation of the laser oscillator output basic characteristics, selecting a suitable Q-switch, the design of Q-switched laser, the design of mode-locked laser.

Study materials:

Key references:

[1]H. J.Eichler, J. Eichler, O.Lux, Lasers -Basics, Advances and Applications, Springer-Verlag Berlin, 2018.

[2] M. S. Csele, Laser Modeling, CRC Press, 2017.

Recommended references:

[3] B.E.A.Saleh, M.C. Teich, Fundamentals of photonics, Wiley 2007.

[4] M. Vrbová a kol.: Oborová encyklopedie,“Lasery a moderníoptika” Prometheus, Praha 1994.

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Fyzikální inženýrství - Laserová technika a fotonika (PS)