Revision as of 16:54, 17 September 2012

Course Information

Professor: Dr. Charles Durfee

Office: Meyer Hall 330

Meeting Times:

class: M W 11:00-11:50 AM Meyer Hall 357

lab: Th 9-11:50, Meyer Hall 270

Announcements

17 Sept 2012: Homework 3 is now posted below.

5 Sept 2012: Homework 2 and Lab 2 are posted below.

25 August 2012: Homework 1 is posted below. Also available is a pdf of the lab.

21 August 2012: Welcome to Laser Physics!

Office hours

Times - TBA

TA: Alyssa Allende Motz (aallende@mymail.mines.edu)

TA hours: Th2-4, F1-3

Look for us either in our offices or in the advanced lab on the second floor.

Course Material

Syllabus and Reading List

These downloads require Adobe Acrobat Reader

Homework Assignments and Midterm:

Grading policy:

We are aiming for a 1 week turn around on grading homework. At the time we give them back to you, solutions will be available in printed form in a binder that I'll keep, but you can make a copy. Turn in howework on time for full credit. If you turn it in within a week late, we take off 20%. Once the solutions are available and others have theirs graded, then it's too late. If there are extenuating circumtances, please let me know.

These downloads require Adobe Acrobat Reader Homework 1: due end of day Monday 3 Sept Homework 2: due end of day Wednesday (5pm) 12 Sept Homework 3: due end of day Wednesday (5pm) 26 Sept

Lab exercises:

These downloads require Adobe Acrobat Reader Lab 1: due in class Monday 3 Sept Lab 2: due by 5pm Monday 17 Sept

Final project

These downloads require Adobe Acrobat Reader

Take-home midterm

These downloads require Adobe Acrobat Reader

Lecture Notes

While these notes are primarily to help me give my lectures, I'm posting them to help you fill in things you may have missed in class or to show the details of calculations we don't have time to work through. If you have any constructive input on how to make these more useful to read, let me know.

These downloads require Adobe Acrobat Reader

Mathematica Demos

These aren't actually pdf's. Do a "save link as" to save these to your computer, then open with Mathematica.

These downloads require Adobe Acrobat Reader Spectral_shapes.nb : shows BB radiation curves vs frequency and wavelength, also compare Gaussian and Lorentzian shapes OC_optimization.nb : Optimizing output coupling in a CW oscillator ABCD_raytracing.nb : ABCD matrices for raytracing, including functions for plotting rays and setting up a sequence Etalon.nb : interactive plots relating to the Fabry-Perot etalon ABCD_cavity_analysis.nb : ABCD matrices for raytracing, Gaussian beam propagation and resonators.

Lab design information

Compass 215M single longitudinal mode green laser

These downloads require Adobe Acrobat Reader data sheet for 5V power supply for Compass control module

External cavity diode laser

These downloads require Adobe Acrobat Reader data sheet for diode laser

Links

Wavelength Electronics: Spec page for diode power cable spec page

Siskiyou: Spec page for flexure mirror mount flexure mount page

Thorlabs: diode collimation tube collimation page

Diode-pumped solid state laser

These downloads require Adobe Acrobat Reader data sheet for 2300 series 808nm pump laser for DPSS