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A.M. Weiner's book Ultrafast Optics is a very useful reference that has much of the same material we will cover, ... Exam 1 (written) 30%. Project.
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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:
Course Outline
Grades: Homework 10% Exam 1 (written) 30 % Project 30 % Exam 2 (oral) 30% Homework The homework is an important part of the course. You should attempt all the problems yourself, but feel free to argue with your colleagues about them. (Simply copying each other's solutions is, however, counterproductive for all parties, and contrary to the honor code.) In addition, each problem will have one student assigned to write up a "textbook" solution to go on reserve. These solutions should go beyond the usual homework solution, in that special care should be given to the presentation and discussion of the logic of the solution. The reserve solutions should be typed, or at least very carefully handwritten, and correct! (The reserve solutions will not explicitly count towards your grade, but their quality will be taken into account in borderline cases.) By the way, a few of the problems will be numerical, not involving heavy computation, but more in the way of modeling pulse propagation through various dispersive elements, so you will need to use your favorite math package (e.g. Mathcad, Maple, Matlab, Mathematica, IDL, etc.). Project As shown on the course outline, the lectures will cover the fundamentals of ultrashort pulse generation, manipulation, amplification, measurement techniques, etc. In order to extend the treatment to include specific applications or current topics in ultrafast optics, and to allow you to probe topics of interest in more depth, you will carry out an investigation into a topic selected from the recent literature, to be presented to the class near the end of the semester. The presentations will be 20 minutes with 5 additional minutes for questions. Topics are to be selected from the recent literature. I will provide a list of suggested topics at a later time, but it is best if you find something of interest to you; you will be asked to propose a topic in about the fourth week, to be finalized by the sixth week. If you are already engaged in research in ultrafast optics, a topic closely related to your current research area is not an acceptable subject. Both to broaden your horizons and in fairness to other students, it needs to be something else. The goal of the presentation is the same as I have in lecture, namely, to bring the class in a systematic way from an introductory level up to current research understanding on a specific subject. You can of course build upon previous 546 lectures; if that's not possible, you will have to include the appropriate tutorial material. The project will require you to investigate the previous literature on your chosen subject to form the background for current work. You will also prepare a "coursepack" for the students to accompany the lecture and be posted on CTools, which will include the powerpoint presentation and copies of the 1 or 2 most important relevant papers on the subject. The material presented in the project presentations will be included in the final exam in a qualitative way.