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LEC #TOPICSKEY DATES
1Introduction to Ultrafast Optics
2Maxwell-Bloch EquationProblem set 1 out
3Two-Level Atoms and Rabi Flopping
4Dispersion, Absorption, Gain
5Nonlinear Pulse PropagationProblem set 1 due

Problem set 2 out
6Pulse Compression
7Self-Phase Modulation (SPM) and SolitonsProblem set 2 due

Problem set 3 out
8Soliton Perturbation Theory
9Rate Equations and Relaxation OscillationProblem set 3 due

Problem set 4 out
10Q-Switching
11Master Equation and Active Mode-LockingProblem set 4 due

Problem set 5 out
12Passive Mode-Locking with Fast Saturable Absorbers
13Passive Mode-Locking with Slow Saturable AbsorbersProblem set 5 due

Problem set 6 out
14Artificial Saturable Absorber Mode-Locking (APM and KLM)
15Kerr-Lens Mode-Locking (KLM)Problem set 6 due

Problem set 7 out
16Semiconductor Saturable Absorber Mode-Locking
17Pulse Characterization I - AutocorrelationTerm paper proposal due

Problem set 7 due

Problem set 8 out
18Pulse Characterization II - FROG and SPIDER
19Noise in Mode-Locked LasersProblem set 8 due

Problem set 9 out
20Frequency Metrology
21Ultrafast Measurement TechniquesProblem set 9 due

Problem set 10 out
22Pulse Amplification
23Optical Parametric Amplification (OPA) and Optical Parametric Oscillation (OPO)Problem set 10 due
24Broadband Parametric Amplification
25High-Harmonic Generation and Seeded Free-Electron Lasers
26Ultrafast Optics Group Lab TourTerm paper due

 








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