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Syllabus of the course: High power narrow pulse Lasers

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Code	Φ-563
Type	B
ECTS	5
Hours	4
Semester	Spring
Instructor	D. Charalambidis
Program	Wednesday, 13:00-15:00,Room 4 Friday, 15:00-17:00, Room 4
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Goal of the course	This post-graduate course gives an introduction to the theory and technology of the generation, amplification and characterization of energetic laser pulses with small pulse duration.
Syllabus	Light pulses Spectro-temporal description of pulses, Propagation-dispersion effects, Spatial description of pulses, Non-linear propagation Dispersion control Description of dispersion effects, Dispersion of materials, The prism compressor, Chirped mirrors, The CPA method, The optical grating stretcher, Alignment of stretcher-compressor systems Generation of ultra-short pulses Optical cavity, The active medium, Laser cavity, Generation of ultra-short pulses of laser radiation, The KLM oscillator, Oscillator types Amplification of ultra-short pulses Amplification of “monochromatic” light pulses, Amplification of chirped pulses, The regenerative amplifier, The multi-pass amplifier, Types of high peak power lasers. Light pulse diagnostics The quantities to be measured, 1st order autocorrelation, 2nd order autocorrelation, 3rd order autocorrelation, FROG, Measurement methods in the frequency domain.
Bibliography	Lecture notes