Course Desc<x>ription:
<br>雷射與現今科技及生活息息相關，其應用廣及電機、物理、生物、機械、材料等領域。本課程講授雷射各部件之基本原理及特性，並介紹脈衝雷射光之產生機制。課程內容由淺而深，適合相關領域大學部高年級學生及研究生選修。
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<br>Course Syllabus:
<br>Part I. Background
<br>0. Introduction
<br>1. Ray Tracing in an Optical System
<br>2. Gaussian Beams
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<br>Part II. Optical Cavity
<br>3. Optical Cavities
<br>4. Resonant Optical Cavity
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<br>Part III. Laser Oscillation and Amplification 
<br>5. Atomic Radiation
<br>6. Optical Absorption and Amplification
<br>7. Population Inversion and Optical Gain
<br>8. Laser Oscillation
<br>9. Gain Saturation
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<br>Part IV. Laser Dynamics
<br>10. Q-switching
<br>11. Gain-switching
<br>12. Cavity dumping
<br>13. Modelocking
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<br>Part V. Laser Applications
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<br>Grades:	Quiz and Homework	10%
<br>	Midterm Exam  	40%
<br>	Final Exam        	40%
<br>	Presentation	10% 
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<br>Text Book:
<br>Laser Electronics, Joseph T. Verdeyen  (3rd Edition)
<br>References:	
<br>A.E. Siegman, Lasers (University Science Books, Mill Valley, CA,1986).
<br>W.T. Silfvast, Laser Fundamentals (Cambridge University Press, New York, 1996).
<br>C.C. Davis, Lasers and Electro-Optics (Cambridge University Press, New York, 1996).
<br>P.W. Milonni and J.H. Eberly, Lasers (Wiley, New York, 1988).
<br>M.J.F. Digonnet, Rare Earth Doped Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers 2nd ed. (Marcel Dekker, New York, 2001)
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