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Campus: University College Campus
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Career: Undergraduate
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Units of Credit: 3
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Contact Hours per Week: 3
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Equivalent: AELE4518
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Description
Interaction of radiation with matter; spontaneous and stimulated emission, coherent radiation. Line broadening mechanism. Population inversion and pumping schemes, threshold conditions for oscillation. Design and principles of operation of maser and laser systems. Non-linear optics, optical frequency harmonic and sub-harmonic generation, Q-switching and modulation techniques. Introduction to a selection of defence, industrial and medical laser applications such as laser range finding, laser-guided munitions, directed energy weapons, holographic non-destructive-testing, 3-D display, optical signal processing and lidar.
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