Course: Laser principles 
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<br>Instructor: Chang-Hua Liu 
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<br>Prerequisites: Optics or Basic electromagnetic theory  
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<br>Office hours: TBD or by appointment (send me an email: chliu@ee.nthu.edu.tw) 
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<br>Textbook: None required. I will post the lecture notes, but basically the 
<br>lectures will follow “Siegman, Lasers”.
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<br>Supplementary References: 
<br>Yariv, Quantum Electronics
<br>Milonni and Eberly, Lasers
<br>Svelto, Principles of Lasers
<br>Saleh and Teich, Fundamentals of Photonics
<br>Born and Wolf, Principles of Optics
<br>Hecht, Optics
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<br>Grades: 
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<br>Homework: 20% 
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<br>Exam 1: 30%  Exam 2: 40% 
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<br>Final Presentation: 10% 
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<br>Course Outline: 
<br>1. Introduction to lasers 
<br>2. Theory of absorption and gain 
<br>3. Atomic rate equations
<br>4. Laser pumping and population inversion 
<br>5. Laser amplification 
<br>6. Laser oscillation 
<br>7. Optical resonators
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