Lecturer
Recommended Reading
Προτεινόμενη Βιβλιογραφία:
1) «Optics and Photonics: An Introduction», F. Graham Smith, T. A. King, D.
Wilkins, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
2) «Laser Spectroscopy: Basic concepts and Instrumentation», W. Demtröder, Third
Edition, Springer 2003.
3) «Introduction to Optics», F. L. Pedrotti, L. S. Pedrotti, Second Edition, Prentice
Hal International, 1997.
4) «Lasers: Principles and Applications», J. Wilson, J.F.B. Hawkes, Prentice Hall
5) «Physics of Optoelectronics», Michael A. Parker, Taylor & Francis Group, 2005.
6) «Introduction to Biophotonics», P. N. Prasad, John Wiley & Sons, 2003.
7) «Fundamentals of Photonics», Saleh Teich, Wiley.
8) Αρθρα επισκόπισης από τα περιοδικά Nature, Science και Physics Today.
9) «Εφαρμογές των Laser στη Φυσική, Χημεία και Επιστήμη των Υλικών», Σ. Κουρή,
Σημειώσεις Παν/μίου Πατρών.
Course Description
The laser as light source: properties of laser radiations, principles of laser operation. Laser sources for Spectroscopy.
Scattering of light: Rayleigh, Mie, Raman, Brillouin.
Instrumentation for Spectroscopy: diffraction and optical gratings, lenses, mirrors, filters, beam-splitters, polarizers, monochromators-spectrographs, Light Detectors (photomultipliers, photodiodes, diode arrays, CCD, ICCD, semiconductor based detectors for IR radiations, streak camera).
Devices and Instrumentation for measuring low level electrical signals: Lock–in amplifiers, Boxcar integrators.
Laser Spectroscopy: Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF), Multi-photon Ionization Spectroscopy (MPI), Raman Spectroscopy, Infrared Spectroscopy (IR).
Laser Induced Plasma Spectroscopy.
Laser cooling. Bose–Einstein condensation.
Introduction to Nonlinear Optics: the nonlinear optical susceptibility, wave equation description of nonlinear optical interactions, nonlinear absorption and refraction, second and third harmonic generation, nonlinear optical materials, the “all–optical” processes.
Optical Trapping and applications in Biology and Medicine.
Bio-photonics: basics of laser tissue interactions, Photodynamic Therapies. Bio- nano-photonics: applications of nanoparticles (quantum dots, metallic nanoparticles) in medical imaging and diagnostics.
Experiment 1: The He-Ne laser
Experiment 2: Coupling of a laser beam in an optical fibre.
Experiment 3: Fourier optics; spatial filters.
Experiment 4: The Nd:YAG laser.
Experiment 5: Second Harmonic Generation (SHG).
