{"id":2815,"date":"2025-09-08T15:19:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T15:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lplnew.creol.ucf.edu\/?page_id=2815"},"modified":"2026-06-18T22:20:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T22:20:40","slug":"courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/lpl\/courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Laser Engineering Laboratory (OSE6526L)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Design and device implementation of diode pumped solid state lasers, nonlinear frequency conversion, Q-switching, mode locking, and pulsed second harmonic generation.<\/div>
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Laser Engineering (OSE6525)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Principles of laser amplification and oscillations; design of lasers; general characteristics of excitation systems.<\/div>
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\n\nFundamentals of Optical Science (OSE5312)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Normal modes (dipole and Raman active); microscopic theory of absorption, dispersion, and refraction; wave propagation, crystal optics; scattering mechanisms; optical activity.<\/div>
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Solid State Laser Systems (OSE6534)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Solid State Laser systems, materials, pump sources, rod and stab geometries, resonator concepts, limiting and performance definitions.<\/div>
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Plasma Physics (PHZ5505)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Introduction to theory and experimental basis of both weakly and highly ionized plasmas. Instabilities, plasma waves, nonlinear effects, controlled thermonuclear fusion.<\/div>
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X-Ray Optics (PHY5455)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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An introduction to the science and applications of modern x-ray optics, x-ray lasers, etc., with a review of basic properties of x-rays.<\/div>
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