Episoder
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We look at how the various pieces of optics we have studied throughout the course are integrated in to devices.
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We look at generation, propagation and detection of ultrafast laser pulses
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Manglende episoder?
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We look at the third order nonlinear effect and uses for Kerr lenses.
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We use coupled mode analysis to investigate the field amplitudes in three wave mixing, and look at the effect of phase mismatch on the conversion efficiency of nonlinear processes.
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We look at the phase matching condition for Second Harmonic Generation and also do a tuning curve example for an OPO
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We introduce non-linear optics and discuss various forms of 3 wave mixing including frequency converters, optical parametric amplifiers (OPAs), optical parametric oscillators (OPOs) and second harmonic generation (SHG)
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We generalize the expressions for 1D waveguide to 2 dimensions and focus on the calculation of power coupled into a waveguide from a Gaussian beam.
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We look at both the ray picture and field picture of modes in a 1D waveguide.
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We look at the unusual properties of 2d and 3d photonic crystals
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We look at Bloch Wave solutions to propagation in a periodic material using Fourier analysis of the material permittivity.
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We introduce the electrooptic tensor and do examples using the linear electrooptic effect.
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We look at figures of merit for acoustooptic materials and limitation on modulation bandwidth in acoustooptic modulators.
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We look at the Bragg condition in anisotropic materials and solve for the diffracted beam amplitude using coupled mode theory.
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We introduce Jones calculus to keep track of polarization direction and use it to describe a number of examples including polarization rotation in a twisted nematic liquid crystal.
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We look at how aspects of this class relate to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) and investigate the design of the LIGO Faraday Isolators
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We provide a physical description for the origin of optical activity and faraday rotation in a material and useeigenmodes as well as coupled mode analysis to solve for the behavior of fields propagating through an optically active material.
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We introduce the index ellipsoid and show how it can be used to find the indices of refraction for light propagating in a crystal in an arbitrary direction.
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We look at solutions to the wave equation in anisotropic materials and the "normal shells" that describe of those solutions.
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We consider Maxwell's equations in matter and use them to find the boundary conditions at an interface, and the wave equation in anisotropic materials.
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We derive the wave equation in isotropic materials from Maxwell's laws and we introduce phasor notation as a method for simplifying calculations.
