These lecture notes serve as the required course text. They are presented in the table below to approximate the chronology of topics and themes listed on the calendar.
| LEC # | TOPICS | LECTURE NOTES |
|---|---|---|
1 | Introduction to Ultrafast Optics | Chapter 1 (PDF) |
2-4 |
Maxwell-Bloch Equation Two-Level Atoms and Rabi Flopping Dispersion, Absorption, Gain | Chapter 2 (PDF) |
5-8 |
Nonlinear Pulse Propogation Pulse Compression Self-Phase Modulation (SPM) and Solitons Soliton Pertubation Theory | Chapter 3 (PDF - 2.4 MB) |
9-10 |
Rate Equations and Relaxation Oscillation Q-Switching | Chapter 4 (PDF) |
11 | Master Equation and Active Mode-Locking | Chapter 5 (PDF) |
12-13 |
Passive Mode-Locking with Fast Saturable Absorbers Passive Mode-Locking with Slow Saturable Absorbers | Chapter 6 (PDF) |
14-15 |
Artificial Saturable Absorber Mode-Locking (APM and KLM) Kerr-Lens Mode-Locking (KLM) | Chapter 7 (PDF - 1.0 MB) |
16 | Semiconductor Saturable Absorber Mode-Locking | Chapter 8 (PDF) |
17-18 |
Pulse Characterization I - Autocorrelation Pulse Characterization II - FROG and SPIDER | Chapter 10 (PDF) |
19-20 |
Noise in Mode-Locked Lasers Frequency Metrology | Chapter 9 (PDF) |
21 | Ultrafast Measurement Techniques | Chapter 11 (PDF) |
22 | Pulse Amplification | Chapter 12 (PDF) |
23 | Optical Parametric Amplification (OPA) and Optical Parametric Oscillation (OPO) | No notes provided |
24 | Broadband Parametric Amplification | No notes provided |
25 | High-Harmonic Generation and Seeded Free-Electron Lasers | No notes provided |
26 | Ultrafast Optics Group Lab Tour | No notes provided |