INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE

NAME OF DEPTT. /CENTRE: DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

1. Subject Code: PHN-315 Course Title: Laser and Photonics

2. Contact Hours: L: 3 T: 0 P: 0

3. Examination Duration (Hrs.): Theory: 3 Practical: 0

4. Relative Weight: CWS: 25 PRS: 00 MTE: 25 ETE: 50 PRE: 00

5. Credits: 3 6. Semester: Autumn 7. Subject Area: DCC

8. Pre-requisite: None

9. Objective: To introduce principles of different optoelectronics devices for

science and engineering applications.

10. Details of Course:

S. Contents Contact
No. Hours
1. Light Matter Interaction: 6
Quantum theory for the evaluation of the transition rates and
Einstein’s coefficients, interaction of matter with radiation
having broad spectrum, interaction of near monochromatic
radiation with an atom having broad frequency response
2. Line Broadening: 3
Line broadening mechanisms, homogeneous and
inhomogeneous broadening, natural collision and Doppler
broadening mechanisms and line shape functions
3. Rate Equations: 5
Laser rate equations, two levels, three levels and four levels
system, variation of power around threshold, optimum output
coupling, quality factor, the ultimate line width of the laser
4. Laser Resonators: 6
Optical resonators, modes of a rectangular cavity and open
planar resonators, confocal resonator system, modes of a
confocal resonator using Huygen’s principle, planar
resonators
5. Transient Effects: 4
Pulsed lasers, Q-switching techniques, active and passive
shutters, mode-locking, various techniques for mode-locking
of a laser
6. Lasers Systems: 4
Mechanism and applications of Ar-ion, CO2, Nd:YAG,
Ti:Sapphire, Dye, Excimer, Diode pumped Solid State Laser
 7. Modulation techniques for laser light: 5
electro-optic and acousto-optic modulation, electro-optic
effect, longitudinal and transverse modes, acousto-optic
effect, Raman-Nath and Bragg diffraction
8. Nonlinear Optics: 5
Nonlinear optical media, nonlinear polarization and
susceptibility,
second harmonic generation, optical Kerr effect, self-phase
modulation, self-focusing
9. Applications: 4
Applications of lasers in material processing and micro
machining, medicine, communication and information
technology, military
Total 42

11. Suggested Books:

S. Name of Authors /Books / Publishers Year of

No. Publication/
Reprint
1. Svelto O, “Principles of Lasers”, Springer 2010
2. Ghatak A K and Thyagarajan K, “Optical Electronics”, 2003
Cambridge University Press
3. Yariv A, “Quantum Electronics”, John Wiley & Sons 1989
4. Thyagarajan K and Ghatak A, “Lasers: Theory and 1997
Applications”, Macmillan
5. Yariv A, “Optical Electronics”, Oxford University Press 1997
6. Laud B B, “Lasers and Nonlinear Optics”, Wiley Eastern Ltd. 1992