Subject Code: PH7L001 Subject Name: Physics and Technology of Lasers L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3
Pre-requisite(s): Nil
Spontaneous and stimulated emission of radiation; Basic Physics and characteristic of laser, Rate equations, Pumping techniques, Practical example of lasers, Laser systems and its different applications in Science, industry, medicine, communication defense, printing etc., Recent advancement in laser and future.
Text Books/Reference Books:
  1. Siegman A. E., Lasers, University Science Books.
  2. O. Svelto, Principles of Lasers, Springer.
  3. Thyagarajan K. and Ghatak, Lasers, Theory and Applications, Springer.
  4. Yariv A., Photonics, Oxford University Press, USA.
  5. Griffith D. J., Introduction to Electrodynamics, Addison Wesley.
  6. Ghatak A. and Thayagrajan K., Optical Electronics, Cambridge University Press.
  7. Demtrder Wolfgang, Laser Spectroscopy, Springer Verlag, Springer.
  8. Homola Jiri, Surface Plasmon resonance based sensor, Springer.
  9. Ghatak A. and Thayagrajan K., An Introduction to Fiber Optics, Cambridge University Press.
  10. Feynmann R., Lectures on Physics, Basic Books.