Photonics Lectures 2021-2022

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Slides
11/10/2021
Wave packet: group velocity and group velocity dispersion; Propagation in anisotropic media: natural birefringence

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JJ pp. 6-12, 22-24
13/10/2021
Light propagation in periodic media (1)

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Notes + arXiv 2110.04340 + PRE 69, 016604 (2004)
20/10/2021
Quantization of the electromagnetic field

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Notes + Loudon Ch. 5*
22/10/2021
Single-mode quantum states

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YY 3.3, JJ 58-61, Aurelio PRB 2017+ Notes
27/10/2021
Asymmetric slab waveguides, slot, waveguides, Bragg waveguides and BSW

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Notes + YY 12.4
19/11/2021
Coupled mode theory

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Notes + YY 4.9
22/11/2021
Coupled mode theory (2) + Transfer Matrix Method

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Notes + YY 4.0-4.1, YY 12.3
24/11/2021
Fabry-Pérot resonator and planar microcavity

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Notes
01/12/2021
PhC cavities, spontaneous emission

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YQE 8.1-8.2, pp. 157-164
06/12/2021
Two-level system, atomic susceptibility

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YQE 8.3-8.6 + Notes
13/12/2021
Spontaneous emission and induced transitions, gain broadening, LASER oscillations

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YQE 9.1,9.3 + Notes
15/12/2021
Frequency pulling, rate equations, output power from a LASER

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YY 8.6 (first part), YY 8.8, YY 14.1
10/01/2022
Third-order nonlinear processes, Kerr effect, SPM, XPM, and TPA