Syllabus
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Course Code: B-PHY-S1 Course Name: (A) Applied Optics/ |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | INTRODUCTION TO LASER Spontaneous and Stimulated Absorption and Emission of radiation, main features of a laser: Directionality, high intensity, high degree of coherence, spatial and temporal coherence, Einstein’s coefficients and possibility of amplification, Kinetic of optical absorption, Population inversion: A necessary condition for light amplification, resonant cavity and laser pumping |
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| 2 | LASER SYSTEM Laser rate equation; Three and Four level Lasers. Principle, Construction & working of HeNe Laser, Ruby Laser,Semiconductor junction Laser, N2-Laser, CO2 laser. |
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| 3 | LASER APPLICATIONS Spatial Frequency Filtering, Holography, Laser induced Fusion, Lasers in Isotope Separation. Application of Laser Technologyin material processing (Drilling, Cutting, Welding), Medicine, Industry and Military. |
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| 4 | THE OPTICAL FIBER Optical fibres and their properties, Principal of light propagation through a optical fibre,The numerical aperture, Attenuation in optical fibre and attenuation limit, Singlemode and multimode fibres, Fibre optic sensors: Fibre Bragg Grating. |
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