Student, who passed the course satisfactorily will be able to:
- learn what are the fundamental prarameters of CW and Pulsed lasers which make them so attractive in many applications
- learn how these fundamental parameters depend on physical properties of the laser
- learn modulation techniques such as electro- and acousto-optic modulation
- learn the fundamental parameters important to Q-switched and mode-locked lasers
- learn spectroscopy techniques such as Doppler Free Spectroscopy, Absorption Spectroscopy, Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Raman Spectroscopy
- learn advanced spectrsocopy techniques such as optical frequency combs
- learn imaging applications such as Speckle Imaging, LIDAR, Holography, and Confocal Imaging
- learn about how lasers are used in communications such as fiber optic communications, free space communications
- learn about spatial and position based measurements techniques using lasers such as gyroscopes