Ultrafast Lasers and Amplifiers

Level: Advanced Length: 7 hours Format: In-Person Lecture Intended Audience: This course is intended for laser engineers and researchers being interested in the development of ultrafast lasers and amplifiers based on different technologies. They should already have some knowledge of optics and lasers. Course Description: This course gives detailed insight into the operation principles and essential limitations of lasers and amplifiers for ultrashort pulse generation. Mode-locked lasers of different kinds, including both bulk lasers and fiber lasers, and the different mode-locking mechanisms used in those are discussed in detail and often demonstrated with numerical simulations. Also, principles and limitations of pulse amplification in bulk and fiber devices are treated. Instructor(s): Rüdiger Paschotta is an expert in laser physics, nonlinear optics and fiber technology, who previously was a researcher and is now working in his company RP Photonics Consulting GmbH, providing technical consultancy primarily for companies building or using lasers and related devices. Details are available on the web page https://www.rp-photonics.com/paschotta.html Event: SPIE Photonics West 2018 Course Held: 28 January 2018