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This elective course aims to provide hands on training and exposure
to the forefront of laser Physics and optical technology. The emphasis
would be to assemble few thought provoking experiments from scratch on an
optical-table. Indulging into some open-ended experimentation and original
thinking would be encouraged.
One would learn nuts and bolts of various available lasers, including the
Femtosecond laser system. Coherent manipulation of light by various
(bio)-photonic crystal and opto-mechanics of fluid interfaces by radiation
pressure shall be covered among other relevant topics.
- Basics of laser operation and working
- Training session with femtosecond lasers
- Deformation of fluid interfaces by radiation pressure of a laser beam
- Understanding and characterization of Photonic crystals
- Interferometric techniques for thin-film characterizations
- Laser safety and radiation hazard
- Optical spectroscopy of various light sources
- A. E. Sigman, Lasers, University Science Books, 1986.
- A. Ghatak, Optics McGraw-Hill, 2008.
