Syllabus:
Optics
Ray optics, Beam optics, Fourier optics, Electromagnetic optics, Polarization optics, Guided wave optics, Fiber optics
Quantum mechanics
Historical introduction, Particle nature of radiation, Wave nature of matter, Wave packets and uncertainty principle, The Schrodinger equation, Particle in a potential well, Scattering of particles by barriers, The linear harmonic oscillator, Hydrogen atom, Many electron atoms
Lasers
Resonator optics, Photon optics, Photons and atoms, Laser amplifiers, Theory of laser oscillations,Common lasers
References
- B.E.A. Saleh, Teich, Fundamentals of Photonics, and M.C. Wiley, 1991
- E. Hetch, Optics, Addisson Wesley 2000
- H-S Lee, Introduction to Color Imaging Science,. Cambridge 2005.
- A. Yariv. Quantum Electronics, 3rd Ed. Wiley, 1989.
- Yariv and P. Yeh. Optical Electronics in Modern Communications (5th or 6th ed), Oxford.
- Meystre and Sargent. Elements of Quantum Optics, Springer, 1998.