| 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) | |
| 24 | Broadband Parametric Amplification | |
| 25 | High-Harmonic Generation and Seeded Free-Electron Lasers | |
| 26 | Ultrafast Optics Group Lab Tour |