Laser Spectroscopy - physics635
| Course | Laser Spectroscopy |
|---|---|
| Course No. | physics635 |
| Category | Type | Language | Teaching hours | CP | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elective | Lecture with exercises | English | 3+1 | 6 | ST |
Preparation:
Form of Testing and Examination: Requirements for the examination (written): successful work with the exercises
Length of Course: 1 semester
Aims of the Course: Make the students understand the principles of spectroscopy and enable them to practically apply their knowledge in research and development.
Contents of the Course:
Spectroscopy phenomena - time and frequency domain;
high resolution spectroscopy;
pulsed spectroscopy; frequency combs;
coherent spectroscopy; nonlinear spectroscopy: Saturation, Raman spectroscopy, Ramsey spectroscopy.
Single molecule spectroscopy; spectroscopy at interfaces & surfaces
Advanced optical imaging;
spectroscopy of cold atoms;
atomic clocks; atom interferometry
Recommended Literature:
W. Demtröder; Laser spectroscopy (Springer 2002)
S. Svanberg; Atomic and molecular spectroscopy basic aspects and practical applications (Springer 2001)
A. Corney; Atomic and laser spectroscopy (Clarendon Press 1988)
N. B. Colthup, L. H. Daly, S. E. Wiberley; Introduction to infrared and Raman spectroscopy (Academic Press 1990)
P. Hannaford; Femtosecond laser spectroscopy (Springer New York 2005)
C. Rulliere; Femtosecond laser pulses: principles and experiments (Springer Berlin 1998)