Introduction to Laser physics will focus on the physical principles which are important in understanding the behavior of laser light. How is it generated? How is it distributed in time and space? At the end of this course you will have a better understanding of the following topics:

• Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation, Spontaneous Emission and Stimulated Absorption
• Basic understanding of gain, loss, CW and Pulsed mode Operation
• Gaussian beam solution to the wave equation and properties of gaussian beams
• Resonators and gaussian beams
• Different types of lasers

The information you will learn in this course will form a basis upon which you will build up new blocks in the future.