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PHYS 530 A: Laser Physics

  • Spring 2021
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Meeting Time: 
TTh 7:00pm - 8:50pm
Location: 
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SLN: 
18842
Joint Sections: 
PHYS 530 B
Instructor:
Alejandro Garcia
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Syllabus Description:

Prof. Alejandro Garcia (agarcia3@uw.edu)

Office hours: Thursdays, 6-7PM

Lectures

T-Th 7:00-8:50

PAA: A118

 

Welcome to PHYS 530 (Spring 2021). This is a course on the physics of lasers for students in our evening MS program. I hope you will enjoy learning some of the basics behind the workings with lasers.

For information about texts, exams and grading see COURSE INFORMATION (which is also on the "Pages" link).

Here is the the tentative schedule. Readings for each lecture are noted: ME stands for Miloni Eberly.

Catalog Description: 
Physics underlying laser design and operation in the context of common laboratory systems. Topics may include continuous and pulsed lasers; solid, liquid, and gas gain media; Q-switching, mode-locking, resonator theory, nonlinear optics, and others. Prerequisite: basic quantum mechanics, electromagnetism, and optics.
Credits: 
4.0
Status: 
Active
Section Type: 
Lecture
Last updated: 
March 5, 2021 - 9:42pm
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