Radiation Theory - BGU Physics Department

BGU Physics Department

Radiation Theory

(2.5 points, 3 hours)

course number 203-1-3281

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Syllabus

Absorption and emission of the light;
Einstein theory of spontaneous and stimulated emission, Einstein coefficients;
Quantum electrodynamics approach to emission and absorption;
Line broadening: natural broadening, pressure broadening, Doppler broadening;
Radiation transfer,
Beer-Lambert law for absorption and absorption coefficient and small signal gain;
Rate equations and conditions for population inversion;
gain saturation;
laser: amplifier and oscillator; Q-switching;
light scattering.

Sources:

Yariv A.: Introduction to Optical Electronics, 4 ed. Oxford UP 1991, TK7874.M525
Corney A. Atomic and Laser Spectroscopy, Oxford UP 1987, QC 688.C67

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