NPTEL : NOC:Introduction to Non-linear Optics and its Applications (Physics)

Co-ordinators : Prof. Samudra Roy


Lecture 1 - Basic Linear Optics

Lecture 2 - Basic Linear Optics (Continued...)

Lecture 3 - Basic Linear Optics (Continued...)

Lecture 4 - Basic Linear Optics (Continued...)

Lecture 5 - Basic Linear Optics (Continued...)

Lecture 6 - Basic Linear Optics (Continued...)

Lecture 7 - Basic Linear Optics (Continued...)

Lecture 8 - Basic Linear Optics (Continued...)

Lecture 9 - Basic Linear Optics (Continued...)

Lecture 10 - Nonlinear Optics : An Introduction

Lecture 11 - Classical origin of optical nonlinearity

Lecture 12 - Miller’s Rule

Lecture 13 - Second Harmonic Generation (SHG)

Lecture 14 - Optical Rectification, Linear electro-optic effect

Lecture 15 - Sum and Difference frequency generation

Lecture 16 - Nonlinear Maxwell’s equation

Lecture 17 - Theory of SHG

Lecture 18 - Phase matching

Lecture 19 - Phase matching of SHG, Gain band width calculation

Lecture 20 - Manley-Rowe Relation, Energy conservation in SHG,

Lecture 21 - Birefringence phase-matching (BPM),Type I and Type II phase matching

Lecture 22 - Type II phase matching, Symmetry in nonlinear susceptibility

Lecture 23 - Kleinman’s Symmetry, Neumann’s Principle

Lecture 24 - Neumann’s Principle (Continued...) Centrosymmetric system

Lecture 25 - Matrix form : SHG, SFG, DFG , SHG in KDP Crystal

Lecture 26 - SHG in KDP crystal, Calculation of deff

Lecture 27 - SHG in LiNbO3

Lecture 28 - Quasi phase matching (QPM)

Lecture 29 - Quasi phase matching (QPM) (Continued...), Periodic d function

Lecture 30 - 1st, 2nd, 3rd order QPM, SHG under depleted pump

Lecture 31 - Realistic calculation of SHG, 3 wave interaction

Lecture 32 - 3 wave interaction, Equation for pump, signal and idler wave, Non-collinear phase matching

Lecture 33 - Manley-Rowe Relation (3 wave mixing), Parametric down conversion

Lecture 34 - Parametric down conversion (Continued...), Optical Parametric Amplification (OPA)

Lecture 35 - Optical Parametric Amplification (OPA), Difference frequency generation under OPA

Lecture 36 - Sum frequency generation under OPA

Lecture 37 - OPA under non-phase matching condition, Expression of gain

Lecture 38 - Optical parametric Oscillator (OPO), Singly resonant oscillator

Lecture 39 - Doubly Resonant Oscillator (DRO)

Lecture 40 - Doubly Resonant Oscillator (DRO) (Continued...)

Lecture 41 - 3rd order nonlinear effect

Lecture 42 - Optical Kerr effect and Self-focusing, Symmetry in 3rd order susceptibility

Lecture 43 - Symmetry in 3rd order susceptibility (Continued...), Self Phase Modulation (SPM)

Lecture 44 - Self Phase Modulation (Continued...), Frequency Shift

Lecture 45 - Third Harmonic Generation(3HG), Energy conservation

Lecture 46 - Third Harmonic Generation (Continued...)

Lecture 47 - Third Harmonic Generation (Continued...), Cross Phase Modulation (XPM)

Lecture 48 - Cross Phase Modulation (Continued...), Nonlinear Absorption

Lecture 49 - Four Wave Mixing

Lecture 50 - Four Wave mixing (Continued...)

Lecture 51 - Parametric Amplification under FWM

Lecture 52 - Parametric Amplification under FWM (Continued...)

Lecture 53 - Optical Phase Conjugation

Lecture 54 - Raman Scattering

Lecture 55 - Stimulated Raman Scattering

Lecture 56 - Raman Amplification

Lecture 57 - Raman Amplification (Continued...)

Lecture 58 - Linear pulse propagation

Lecture 59 - Nonlinear Pulse propagation

Lecture 60 - Optical Soliton