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pYL105
Optics and Lasers
Credits 3
Structure 3-0-0
Pre-requisites PYL101
Overlaps

pYL105 : Optics and Lasers

(Program linked course: Not available to B.Tech. (Engineering Physics) students) Basic optics: Interference and interferometers, phase change on reflection, anti-reflection film; Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction and examples, limit of resolution, diffraction grating, resolving power. Polarization optics, examples and applications. Lasers: Laser principles, interaction of radiation and matter, amplification and resonator conditions for laser oscillation, modes of laser, some laser systems and applications. Fiber optics: Light propagation in optical fibers, fiber communication, attenuation and dispersion, single and multi-mode fibers, fiber amplifiers and lasers, fiber optic sensors. Fourier Optics and Holography: Basics of Fourier transformation, spatial frequency, spatial filtering and some applications; Holographic principles, on-axis and off-axis holograms, types of holograms and some applications.