Laser Physics & Atom-Light Interaction (PHYS4060)
Course level
Undergraduate
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Class hours
4 Contact hours
Assessment methods
40% assignments & 60% end of semester exam
Course enquiries
Assoc Prof Matthew Davis (mdavis@physics.uq.edu.au)
This course is not currently offered, please contact the school or faculty of your program.
Course description
(offered in even years only) Physics of light-atom interactions including: stimulated and spontaneous emission; coherent effects; laser behaviour and applications; atomic and molecular spectroscopy; nonlinear optics; field propagation in free-space and guiding structures; detectors; semiclassical models of atom-light interactions, including rate equations. Tutorials include demonstration sessions with a range of lasers operating in the department.