NPTEL : NOC:Introduction to LASER (Physics)

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Lecture 1 - General Introduction, Scope and Contents

Lecture 2 - Interaction of Radiation with Matter

Lecture 3 - The Einstein Coefficients

Lecture 4 - Atomic Lineshape Function, g(ν)

Lecture 5 - Amplification by Stimulated Emission

Lecture 6 - Line Broadening Mechanisms - 1

Lecture 7 - Line Broadening Mechanisms - 2

Lecture 8 - Laser Rate Equations: 2-Level System

Lecture 9 - Laser Rate Equations: 3-Level System

Lecture 10 - Laser Rate Equations: 4-Level System

Lecture 11 - Laser Amplifiers

Lecture 12 - Er-Doped Fiber Amplifier

Lecture 13 - Resonance Frequencies

Lecture 14 - Spectral Response of an Optical Resonator

Lecture 15 - Resonator Loss and Cavity Lifetime

Lecture 16 - Spherical Mirror Resonators

Lecture 17 - Resonator Stability Condition

Lecture 18 - Ray Paths in Spherical Mirror Resonators

Lecture 19 - Tranverse Modes of a Spherical Mirror Resonator

Lecture 20 - Gaussian Mode of the Spherical Mirror Resonator

Lecture 21 - Longitudinal Modes of a Spherical Mirror Resonator

Lecture 22 - Laser Oscillations and The Threshold Condition

Lecture 23 - Spectral Hole Burning

Lecture 24 - Variation of Laser Power around Threshold

Lecture 25 - Optimum Output Coupling

Lecture 26 - Laser Output Characteristics

Lecture 27 - Laser Beam Properties

Lecture 28 - Ultimate Linewidth of a Laser

Lecture 29 - Pulsed Lasers

Lecture 30 - Q-Switching

Lecture 31 - Mode Locking

Lecture 32 - Methods of Mode Locking

Lecture 33 - Some Common Lasers

Lecture 34 - Fiber Lasers

Lecture 35 - Semiconductor Lasers

Lecture 36 - Lasers and Laser Amplifiers in Optical Fiber Communication

Lecture 37 - Lasers in Nonlinear Optics

Lecture 38 - Laser Safety