Materials and Light -- Interaction of Light with Materials Syllabus
Photochemical Science PCS 703 (MATS 703) - Fall 1998, 10:30AM MWF
| W | Aug. 26 | Introduction | ||
| F | Aug. 28 | Maxwell's Equations | ||
| M | Aug. 31 | Dispersion and Refraction | ||
| W | Sept. 2 | Non-Linear Wave Equations |
| F | Sept. 4 | Polarized Light & Polarizing Materials | ||
| W | Sept. 9 | Uniaxial and Biaxial Optical Materials | ||
| F | Sept. 11 | Analysis of Materials with Polarized Light |
| M | Sept. 14 | Population Inversion and Optical Feedback | ||
| W | Sept. 16 | Lasing Condition and Threshold | ||
| F | Sept. 18 | Coherent Properties of Laser Light |
| M | Sept. 21 | LASER Engineering | ||
| W | Sept. 23 | Classes of LASERS | ||
| F | Sept. 25 | Techniques Based on Interaction of Laser Light w/Materials |
| M | Sept. 28 | Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Materials | ||
| W | Sept. 30 | Second Harmonic Generation | ||
| F | Oct. 2 | Optical Parametric Oscillations and Amplification |
| M | Oct. 5 | X-ray Science - Background | ||
| W | Oct. 7 | X-ray Diffraction - Crystal Structure Refinements | ||
| F | Oct. 9 | X-ray Fluorescence and Cathodoluminescence |
| M | Oct. 12 | Backward Optical Parametric Oscillation | ||
| W | Oct. 14 | TPCOPO/TPCOPA | ||
| F | Oct. 16 | Ultrafast Behaviors | ||
| F | Oct. 16 | Take-Home EXAM Distributed |
| M | Oct. 19 | Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Materials | ||
| W | Oct. 21 | Nonlinear Saturation of Absorption | ||
| F | Oct. 23 | Nonlinear Refractive Indices |
| M | Oct. 26 | Optical Bistability | ||
| W | Oct. 28 | SEEDs | ||
| F | Oct. 30 | Photorefractivity |
| M | Nov. 2 | Phase Conjugation | ||
| W | Nov. 4 | Hysteretic Cyclotron Resonances in Vacuum | ||
| F | Nov. 6 | Nonlinear Optical Effects due to Band Nonparabolicity | ||
| M | Nov. 9 | Stability Analysis and Dynamics |
| F | Nov. 13 | Photoelectron Emission | ||
| M | Nov. 16 | Theory of Photoelectron Emission | ||
| W | Nov. 18 | Photovoltaics and Photoconductivity |
| F | Nov. 20 | Photoelectron Spectrometers & Spectroscopy | ||
F| Nov. 20 | Take-Home EXAM Distributed | | ||
| M | Nov. 23 | Analysis of Materials by Photoelectron Spectroscopy |
| M | Nov. 30 | Introduction to Synchrotron Radiation | ||
| W | Dec. 2 | Application of Synchrotron Radiation in Materials Science | ||
| F | Dec. 4 | Photoelectron Spectro-microscopy |
| M | Dec. 7 | Student Talks | ||
| W | Dec. 9 | Student Talks | ||
| F | Dec. 11 | Student Talks |
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