# The Science of Light Amplification: An Extensive Laser course

- Institution: Bhabha Atomic Research Centre(BARC)-IIT Bombay
- Department: Physics
- Teacher: Prof. Paramita Deb
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Physics
- Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/115101643)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/115101643)
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## Lectures

1. [Week 01: Lecture 01: Introduction to Lasers and the Electromagnetic Spectrum](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/7468f9b00447) (Video)
2. [Week 01:Lecture 02: Stimulated Emission & Spontaneous Emission & Properties of Laser.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/bd3b331e2a9c) (Video)
3. [Week 01: Lecture 03: Population Inversion in a Laser medium](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/181cbcb89bd3) (Video)
4. [Week 01: Lecture 04: Laser Oscillations and the Optical Resonator](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/a39a16e052ce) (Video)
5. [Week 01: Lecture 05: Line Broadening Mechanism - 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/21dc642c9bda) (Video)
6. [Week 02: Lecture 06: Line Broadening Mechanism - 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/8bd8db8335b3) (Video)
7. [Week 02: Lecture 07: Laser Resonators - 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/4f9205d2defb) (Video)
8. [Week 02: Lecture 08: Laser Resonators - 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/3d1ab990632f) (Video)
9. [Week 02: Lecture 09: Gas laser examples.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/59f1bdf524cf) (Video)
10. [Week 02: Lecture 10: Gas lasers and Solid State Lasers.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/2ee51efe3efa) (Video)
11. [Week 03: Lecture 11: Solid State Lasers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/f34435b52b95) (Video)
12. [Week 03: Lecture 12: Pulsed Lasers and Optical shutters](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/863225a007f8) (Video)
13. [Week 03: Lecture 13: Modes and Mode Locking](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/ce60b984ecd3) (Video)
14. [Week 03: Lecture 14: The technique of Mode Locking](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/06cd7fcd40fd) (Video)
15. [Week 03: Lecture 15: Time Bandwidth product and Ultra short pulse](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/963da60ec6af) (Video)
16. [Week 04: Lecture 16: Non - linear phenomenon in optics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/2bc717a84c66) (Video)
17. [Week 04: Lecture 17: Self - focusing and Self - phase - modulation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/c998602f5e50) (Video)
18. [Week 04: Lecture 18: Second Harmonic Generation (SHG)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/41b367858adf) (Video)
19. [Week 04: Lecture 19: Phase matching and SHG](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/744cf3653ed5) (Video)
20. [Week 04: Lecture 20: Anisotropic medium and SHG](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/cf0bb1305873) (Video)
21. [Week 05: Lecture 21: Birefringent Crystals and Phase Matching](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/b24dd7c1c6ea) (Video)
22. [Week 05: Lecture 22 : Semiconductor Basics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/5091eeb0e102) (Video)
23. [Week 05: Lecture 23: Photon Absorption & Emission in Semiconductors](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/399cd5df9a3c) (Video)
24. [Week 05: Lecture 24: p-n Junction and the Semiconductor Laser](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/f11097d26d73) (Video)
25. [Week 05: Lecture 25: Types of Semiconductor Laser.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/e8afc94869ba) (Video)
26. [Week 06: Lecture 26: Nuclear Fusion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/4d35ffa5002f) (Video)
27. [Week 06: Lecture 27: Inertial Confinement Fusion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/48c562d3f61f) (Video)
28. [Week 06: Lecture 28: Master Oscillator and Power Amplifier Chain.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/b2c4ec955ef9) (Video)
29. [Week 06: Lecture 29: Amplifier Chain.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/1b975e86ca77) (Video)
30. [Week 06: Lecture 30: Chirped Pulse Amplification-1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/59595a204231) (Video)
31. [Week 07: Lecture 31: Chirped Pulse Amplification-2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/560a3728367a) (Video)
32. [Week 07: Lecture 32: Ultra-Short-Pulse Oscillator](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/90201305e855) (Video)
33. [Week 07: Lecture 33: Ultra-Short-Pulse Amplification-1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/485657b59d1b) (Video)
34. [Week 07: Lecture 34: Ultra-Short-Pulse Amplification-2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/5916973c28ef) (Video)
35. [Week 07: Lecture 35: Stretching and Compressing a Pulse](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/37e1c48acc76) (Video)
36. [Week 08: Lecture 36: Stretching and Compressing a Pulse](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/bef016f7c7dc) (Video)
37. [Week 08: Lecture 37: The Auto-Correlation Technique for Temporal Pulse Measurement](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/3efa091239fc) (Video)
38. [Week 08: Lecture 38: Frequency Resolved Optical Gating for Temporal Pulse measurement](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/3d3fe2ce67b2) (Video)
39. [Week 08: Lecture 39: Light Detection And Ranging (LIDAR)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/96861690a790) (Video)
40. [Week 08: Lecture 40: Remote Sensing.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/b051a6baf243) (Video)
41. [Week 09:Lecture 41: Optical Tweezers.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/619fd8573be9) (Video)
42. [Week 09: Lecture 42: Lasers in Spectroscopy.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/43ddd4f24a56) (Video)
43. [Week 09: Lecture 43: Dye Laser.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/0e8bc7222bd8) (Video)
44. [Week 09: Lecture 44: Tuning a laser with a grating.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/e33bbd7b1b32) (Video)
45. [Week 09: Lecture 45: Details of a grating.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/d39f2bf03cc7) (Video)
46. [Week 10: Lecture 46: Multi - Photon Processes.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/4ce3dd3d8d42) (Video)
47. [Week 10: Lecture 47: Laser Enrichment Method.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/4b29031b8340) (Video)
48. [Week 10: Lecture 48: Laser Raman Spectroscopy.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/64b77c71ec32) (Video)
49. [Week 10: Lecture 49: Polarization Of Electromagnetic Waves.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/46a1fe03f65f) (Video)
50. [Week 10: Lecture 50: Polarizer &. Analyzer.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/d6bd207d8763) (Video)
51. [Week 11: Lecture 51: Interference of Electromagnetic waves - 1.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/4f3cbd8577c5) (Video)
52. [Week 11: Lecture 52: Interference Of Electromagnetic waves - 2.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/591baf7b52a1) (Video)
53. [Week 11: Lecture 53: Interference Patterns - 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/a9a976fd2ed2) (Video)
54. [Week 11: Lecture 54: Interference Patterns - 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/8ed2bd228e7d) (Video)
55. [Week 11: Lecture 55: Interference Pattern - 3.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/d5259f372ba7) (Video)
56. [Week 12: Lecture 56: Fabry - Perot Cavity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/f50d871f2b31) (Video)
57. [Week 12: Lecture 57: Holography 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/0b1cbccf2bd1) (Video)
58. [Week 12: Lecture 58: Holography - 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/6aea13567135) (Video)
59. [Week 12: Lecture 59: Holography - 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/2a97ad568104) (Video)
60. [Week 12: Lecture 60: Holography - 4](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/c413ef6bbb0e) (Video)
61. [Live Session 14-02-2025](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/7468f9b00447-2) (Video)
62. [Live Session 26-03-2025](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/bd3b331e2a9c-2) (Video)
63. [Live Session 03-04-2025](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115101643/181cbcb89bd3-2) (Video)