Lecture 1 - General Introduction, Scope and Contents
Lecture 2 - Interaction of Radiation with Matter
Lecture 3 - The Einstein Coefficients
Lecture 4 - Atomic Lineshape Function, g(ν)
Lecture 5 - Amplification by Stimulated Emission
Lecture 6 - Line Broadening Mechanisms - 1
Lecture 7 - Line Broadening Mechanisms - 2
Lecture 8 - Laser Rate Equations: 2-Level System
Lecture 9 - Laser Rate Equations: 3-Level System
Lecture 10 - Laser Rate Equations: 4-Level System
Lecture 11 - Laser Amplifiers
Lecture 12 - Er-Doped Fiber Amplifier
Lecture 13 - Resonance Frequencies
Lecture 14 - Spectral Response of an Optical Resonator
Lecture 15 - Resonator Loss and Cavity Lifetime
Lecture 16 - Spherical Mirror Resonators
Lecture 17 - Resonator Stability Condition
Lecture 18 - Ray Paths in Spherical Mirror Resonators
Lecture 19 - Tranverse Modes of a Spherical Mirror Resonator
Lecture 20 - Gaussian Mode of the Spherical Mirror Resonator
Lecture 21 - Longitudinal Modes of a Spherical Mirror Resonator
Lecture 22 - Laser Oscillations and The Threshold Condition
Lecture 23 - Spectral Hole Burning
Lecture 24 - Variation of Laser Power around Threshold
Lecture 25 - Optimum Output Coupling
Lecture 26 - Laser Output Characteristics
Lecture 27 - Laser Beam Properties
Lecture 28 - Ultimate Linewidth of a Laser
Lecture 29 - Pulsed Lasers
Lecture 30 - Q-Switching
Lecture 31 - Mode Locking
Lecture 32 - Methods of Mode Locking
Lecture 33 - Some Common Lasers
Lecture 34 - Fiber Lasers
Lecture 35 - Semiconductor Lasers
Lecture 36 - Lasers and Laser Amplifiers in Optical Fiber Communication
Lecture 37 - Lasers in Nonlinear Optics
Lecture 38 - Laser Safety
