ECE 570
ECE 570 - Nonlinear Optics
Spring 2023
| Title | Rubric | Section | CRN | Type | Hours | Times | Days | Location | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonlinear Optics | ECE570 | A | 43648 | LEC | 4 | 1400 - 1520 | T R | 3015 Electrical & Computer Eng Bldg | Yang Zhao |
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Official Description
Light propagation in anisotropic crystals; second- and third-order nonlinear susceptibility and electro-optic effect; discussion of the relationship of these effects along with such applications as light modulation, harmonic generation, and optical parametric amplification and oscillation. Course Information: Prerequisite: ECE 520.
Subject Area
- Electromagnetics, Optics and Remote Sensing
Description
Light propagation in anisotropic crystals; second- and third-order nonlinear susceptibility and electro-optic effect; and discussion of the relationship of these effects along with such applications as light modulation, harmonic generation, and optical parametric amplification and oscillation.
Notes
Homework will be assigned every second or third lecture there will be a course project. Students should have some familiarity with Maxwell?s equations, basic linear algebra, calculus, and some undergraduate level quantum mechanics.
Topics
- Stimulated and spontaneous processes, SRS, SBS, CARS, amplification, lasing
- N-wave mixing, phase conjugate mirrors, frequency conversion
- Spatial effects, self-focusing, induced transparency, solitons
- Multiphoton spectroscopy, multiphoton imaging
- Atom-photon interactions, materials
- Topics of student interest, special guest lectures
Detailed Description and Outline
Topics:
- Stimulated and spontaneous processes, SRS, SBS, CARS, amplification, lasing
- N-wave mixing, phase conjugate mirrors, frequency conversion
- Spatial effects, self-focusing, induced transparency, solitons
- Multiphoton spectroscopy, multiphoton imaging
- Atom-photon interactions, materials
- Topics of student interest, special guest lectures
Homework will be assigned every second or third lecture there will be a course project. Students should have some familiarity with Maxwell?s equations, basic linear algebra, calculus, and some undergraduate level quantum mechanics.
Topical Prerequisites
Students should have some familiarity with Maxwell?s equations and basic linear algebra and calculus.
Texts
Nonlinear Optics, 3rd edition by Robert Boyd, Academic Press
Last updated
7/23/2013