Aim
The course aims at providing knowledge about basic as well as advanced techniques for manipulating and controlling laser light and laser pulses. This involves controlling intensity, frequency distribution, temporal profiles in order to design advanced optical systems for specialised tasks in industry as well as research.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

• be able to describe the principles for acousto-optic and electro-optical effects and devices

• be able to describe the basic principles for non-linear light matter interaction.

• have the ability to carry out quantitative theoretical calculations of the conversion efficiencies for nonlinear light-matter interactions.

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

• be able to qualitatively and quantitatively analyse advanced optical systems which are based on electro-optic, acousto-optic or non-linear optical effects

• be able to design optical systems for specific tasks based on acousto-optic, electro-optic or non-linear optical effects

• be able to calculate pulse shapes after pulse propagation

• have obtained an improved ability to tackle more complex thesoretical tasks in optics and laser physics

• be able to find, integrate and utilise information from appropriate literature.

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

Contents

• Light propagation in anisotropic materials

• Acousto-optical effects & modulators

• Electro-optic effects & modulators

• Non-linear light-matter interaction

• Ultrafast optics, pulse propagation of short pulses in dispersive non-linear media

Literature
B. E. A. Saleh and M. C. Teich,
Fundamental of Photonics
Wiley Series in Pure and Applied Optics, John Wiley & sons, inc. 1991, ISBN 0-471-83965-5