Objective
This is an introductory graduate level course on advanced fiber lasers. It will describe the theoretical principles and modelling of different types of fiber lasers including both passively and actively mode-locked fiber lasers, high power fiber lasers, supercontinuum generation and optical frequency comb generation. The course will include sufficient theory of nonlinear optical phenomena and optical dispersion to enable students to understand the basic principles of parametric gain, ultrashort pulse generation and optical frequency comb generation in fiber lasers. The course will also include a discussion on advanced measurement techniques to characterize ultrashort optical pulses. The applications of different types of fiber lasers will be discussed. Recent developments and future prospects of different fiber lasers will be reviewed.

Syllabus
This is an introductory graduate level course on advanced fiber lasers. It will describe the theoretical principles and modelling of different types of fiber lasers including both passively and actively mode-locked fiber lasers, high power fiber lasers, supercontinuum generation and optical frequency comb generation. The course will include sufficient theory of nonlinear optical phenomena and optical dispersion to enable students to understand the basic principles of parametric gain, ultrashort pulse generation and optical frequency comb generation in fiber lasers. The course will also include a discussion on advanced measurement techniques to characterize ultrashort optical pulses. The applications of different types of fiber lasers will be discussed. Recent developments and future prospects of different fiber lasers will be reviewed.

Learning Outcome
By the end of this course students will have gained the following learning outcomes:

• Understand the different types of fiber lasers and their applications
• Be able to design a mode-locked optical fiber laser for femtosecond optical pulse generation
• Be able to characterize the output from an ultrafast optical fiber laser
• Know some of the most recent developments in optical fiber lasers

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The lecture course covers selected topics in optoelectronics. Possible topics that will be covered include the physical principles of optoelectronic devices (e.g., modelling the gain of quantum well laser diodes), the theory of ultrashort pulse propagation in nonlinear dispersive media, and case studies of practical optoelectronic systems. Coursework may include practical design exercises for optoelectronic systems.

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Review of Gaussian optics and polarization properties of light; Ultrashort laser pulse generation and characterization; TDM and WDM technologies for communication systems: optical modulators, optical amplifiers, photodetectors, optical switching, carrier dynamics in semiconductor devices; Optical signal processing: optoelectronic and all-optical sampling, nonlinear optical techniques; Ultrafast optoelectronic instrumentation and measurement techniques; Broadband applications.

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II – E – ELE – 6 Review of quantum theory and energy band theory of solids. Semiconductor fundamentals and transport properties; high field phenomena and hot electron effects. Semiconductor heterostructures: band-edge discontinuity, 2D electron gas, quantum wells and superlattices, Electronic Engineering 2007-08 resonant tunneling diodes and transistors. Dielectric and optical properties; semiconductor structures for optical devices.

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