4 ECTS credits
120 u studietijd
Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 4020324ENR voor alle studenten in het 1e semester met een verdiepend master niveau.
CHAPTER 1: THE BASICS
CHAPTER 2: LASER THEORY
CHAPTER 3: LASER RESONATORS AND THEIR MODES
CHAPTER 4: LASER BEAMS
CHAPTER 5: TYPES OF LASERS
CHAPTER 6: LASER DIODES:OPERATION PRINCIPLES
CHAPTER 7: OVERVIEW OF SEMICONDUCTOR LASER TYPES
This course is part of the European Master of Science in Photonics. Chapters 1 to 5 are taught by N. Vermeulen, both at VUB and UGent. Chapters 6-7 are taught by G. Verschaffelt at VUB and by G. Morthier at UGent.
This course is part of the European Master of Science in Photonics.
The course material consists of the following:
- Lecture notes (syllabus) + slides (English)
- Exercise sheets are provided during the lectures
Optional handbook: O. Svelto, Principles of Lasers (5th edition), Plenum Press, New York, 2010.
CONTEXT AND GENERAL AIM:
Since their invention in 1960, lasers have become the most important light sources in optics and photonics, and are present everywhere in modern society nowadays. For example, worldwide telecommunication is based on the transmission of laser signals through optical fibers, and today’s manufacturing industry heavily relies on the use of high-irradiance laser beams. Other application domains include medicine, art restoration, remote sensing, biological spectroscopy, and many others. It is the general aim of this course that the students will become able to explain and analyse laser properties and laser-related concepts, that they learn to construct and analyse the mathematical description of important concepts, and that they are also able to apply the latter to practical examples on the use of lasers.
END COMPETENCES:
The targeted end competences can be categorized as follows:
spontaneous and stimulated emission, absorption, coherence, heterostructures for efficient light generation, light propagation in a resonator, continuous-wave and pulsed laser action, line broadening, saturation, Gaussian laser beams, operation and applications of different laser types (gas lasers, liquid lasers, solid-state lasers, semiconductor lasers), laser dynamics, noise, Bragg gratings, wavelength tuning, laser packaging.
rate equations describing the general operation principle of laser action and formulas for continuous-wave/pulsed laser operation, formulas for the modes in different types of resonators with different stability criteria, equations for propagation and transformation of Gaussian and multimode laser beams in optical systems, laser rate equations for different types of semiconductor lasers, formulas describing the gain and complex refractive index in semiconductor materials, description of the linewidth of lasers, formulas for the dynamic behaviour of lasers.
EXAM:
The students are evaluated according to the above-enlisted end competences in an oral exam with written preparation (open questions, closed book)
De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Andere bepaalt 100% van het eindcijfer
Binnen de categorie Examen Andere dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:
Oral exam with written preparation (open questions, closed book)
The part of the course taught by N. Vermeulen and the part of the course taught by G. Verschaffelt (at VUB) or G. Morthier (at UGent) are examined together.
Partial transfer of the score obtained for an individual part to the 2nd session or the next academic year is not allowed.
Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Master of Photonics Engineering: On campus traject (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Photonics Engineering: Online/Digital traject (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Electrical Engineering: Standaard traject BRUFACE J (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)