Each student assigned is asked to prepare a set of lecture notes to be distributed
to other students before the presentation.
 

Questions that you want to be able to answer are now given under each lecturer. (4/24/00)

The approval date is the date that you are supposed to show me the writeup material that you
are to hand in to the students.

                                                                   students assigned           scheduled presentation(approval date)
6.1; 6.2     pp195-209 (two lectures)      Seunghee Lee,                        3/9    (3/3)
1.  .  The expression of linearly, circularly, and elliptically polarization.
2.  Polarization devices.  I introduced three kinds of devices: polarizers, wave retarders, and rotators.
3.  Jones vectors represent the polarized light in matrix form, and one matrix represents the optical devices.

                                                                   Kim                                       3/14  (2/29)
1. Coefficients of reflection and transmition for both TE and TM in terms of refraction index, incident angle and transmitted angle.
2. Reflection coefficient, phase shift (between incident and reflected waves)   versus incident angle for TE and TM in both case of external and internal   reflection.
3. The critical angle and the Brewster angle.
 

6.3            pp 210                                          Zamkov                                    3/28  (3/24)
1. Refractive indices and corresponding index ellipsoid.
2 Propagation of light in a media along one of the principal axis and normal modes for that case.
3 Propagation  of light in a media in an arbitrary direction and dispersion relation. Also know the directions  and magnitudes of K vector, Poynting vector.

6.4-6       pp223-230                                 Erge                                            3/30   (3/24)
Notes on Optical Activity, Faraday Effect and Optics of Liquid Crystals
All the three concepts above deal with polarization rotation. The rotation is measured by rotatory
power, which is defined as angle rotated per unit length.
    optical activity - for certain materials that rotate polarization naturally
    faraday effect - for materials that rotate polarization when out in a magnetic field
    liquid crystals - (fluid state of matter) when an external force is applied the orientation of the
molecules, thus the polarization change.
 

10.1         pp343-359 (two lectures)           Unal,                                         4/4     (3/28)
Important Concepts and Equations
Optical Intensity for Random light
Temporal Coherence Function and Degree of Temporal Coherence
Coherence time and length
Eq. 1.1-4,6,8,9 and 13
Fig.1.1-4
Table 1.1-1 and 2

                                                                            Radu                                         4/6     (3/28)
C. Spatial Coherence
1) Mutual Coherence Function , Complex Degree of
 Coherence , Mutual Intensity , Cross-Spectral
 Density - Definitions,Properties
2)Quasi-monochromatic light -Definition
3)Coherence Area -characterization of random light by considering the coherence area in relation to
 pertinent dimensions of the optical system.
D. Longitudinal Coherence- two examples:
 Partially Coherent Plane Wave
 Partially Coherent Spherical Wave

10.2        pp 360-366                                  Dan Shi,                                    4/ 11   (4/4)
   Important concepts: cross correlation, visibility, interferogram
    Important part: part A

13.1        pp461-468                                   Zhu                                             4/13    (4/4)
1.      what's a population inversion?
2.      the concept of a rate equation
3.      what's the difference between the principles of 3-level and 4-level
puming schemes? What's the restrictions of 3-level schemes' pumping rate on
order to have a population inversion?

14.1        pp495-503                                        Zhao                                        4/18      (4/11)
 1. Laser amplification and gain coefficient
2. Feedback and loss
3. Gain condition and phase condition.

14.2        pp504-513                                     Timur                                       4/20       (4/11)
 1) Expression for the Steady-State Photon-Flux density both in terms of
initial gain and loss coefficients, and in terms of population differences.
2) Output Photon-Flux Density and its optimization by choosing the mirror transmittance.
3) Qualitative understanding of Spectral Distribution of the Output Light
for homogeneously and inhomogeneously broadened medium, Spectral Hole Burning, Lamb Dip.
 

14.2        pp513-522                                     Wang                                        4/25       (4/18)
1. how does the spatial distrbution affect the laser oscillation?
   (because of different spatial distribution, different transverse modes  have different gains and losses.)
2. mode competition.
3. select a laser line: using prism,  select a transverse mode: using aperture,
   select a longitudinal mode: change the loss coefficient or changed.
   select a polarization: using Brewster Windows, and why use internal polarizer, not external polarizer?
4. built-in population inversion.
 
 

chapter   19                                                        CDL
 1.  wave equation in a nonlinear medium, eq. (1.6).
 2.  How to make: Second Harmonic generation, three-wave mixing
 3. Third hamonic generation, four-wave mixing
 4.  explain self-phase modulation, self-focusing and optical solitons
 

Chapter 18.                                                         CDL
Explain electro-optic effect.  Explain how to make use of it as phase modulators,
   wave retarders, intensity modulators, scanner and spatial light modulators.
 

photonic crystals                                   Wally Axman                                       3/7
What is a Photonic Crystal?
What are some potential applications?
The analogy with semiconductors.
Which parts of Maxwell?s equations are important?
What does the main Photonic Crystal equation look like and where does it
come from?
How to include periodicity using Floquet/Bloch theory.