EECS 546 Ultrafast Optics
EECS 546 Prof. Ted Norris
Winter 2016 6117 ERB Building, CUOS
(734) 764-9269
Prerequisites: EECS 537 or permission of instructor
Lecture: MWF 1:40-2:30 PM 2305 GG Brown (Jan. 8 – April 18)
Office hours: following class, or by appointment
Textbook:
None required. The course lecture notes will be posted as we go along on
CTools. A.M. Weiner’s book Ultrafast Optics is a very useful reference that has
much of the same material we will cover, although it is pedagogically very
different.
Readings from relevant texts and publications will be posted on CTools.
FYI the most relevant texts to the course are:
1. A.M. Weiner, Ultrafast Optics, (Wiley 2009).
2. A.E. Siegman, Lasers (University Science Books, Mill Valley, 1986)
3. J.-C. Diels and W. Rudolph, Ultrashort Laser Pulse Phenomena
(Academic, 1996)
4. S.A. Akhmanov, V.A. Vysloukh, and A.S. Chirkin, Optics of
Femtosecond Laser Pulses (American Institute of Physics, 1992)
5. G.P. Agrawal, Nonlinear Fiber Optics (second edition, Academic, 1995)
6. R. Trebino, Frequency Resolved Optical Gating (Kluwer).
Other Useful References:
F.X. Kartner (ed.) Few-Cycle Laser Pulse Generation and Its Applications
(Springer 2004)
M.E. Fermann, A. Galvanauskas, and G. Sucha (eds.) Ultrafast Lasers
Technology and Applications ((Marcel Dekker 2003)
I.N. Duling (ed.), Compact Sources of Ultrashort Laser Pulses
(Cambridge, 1995)
C. Rulliere (ed.), Femtosecond Laser Pulses (Springer)
W. Kaiser (ed.), Ultrashort Laser Pulses and Applications
(Springer 1993)
Course Objectives
This course will introduce the principles of ultrafast optics, including the basic theory
behind ultrashort pulse generation, amplification, propagation, shaping, and
measurement. Some application areas from the recent literature will also be covered,
partly in lecture, and mainly through student presentations. Our goal will be to start with
an introductory (537-level) knowledge of optics and bring you to a point where you can
understand the current research literature on each subject.
