Subject Code:  PH5L010 Subject Name:   Optics and Photonics L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3
Pre-requisite(s):  Quantum Mechanics I
Wave propagation in anisotropic media, 1-D and 3D dimensional wave equations, Superposition of waves, Fourier transform and spatial filtering, Coherence theory, Concept of spatial and temporal coherence, Diffraction theory, Interferometry and its applications, Optical fiber and waveguides, non linear optics, Holography, interaction of radiation with matter, line shape function, condition for amplification, optical resonators, Latest in optics and photonics.
Text/Reference Books:
  1. Saleh and Teich, Fundamentals of Photonics, Wiley-Interscience.
  2. Hecht E., Optics, Addison-Wesley
  3. Ghatak A., Optics, McGraw-Hill.
  4. Yariv Amnon, Photonics, Wiley-Interscience.
  5. Ghatak and Thayagrajan, Optical Electronics, Cambridge University Press.
  6. Ghatak A. and Thayagrajan K., An Introduction to Fiber Optics, Cambridge University Press.
  7. Feynmann R., Lectures on Physics, Basic Books.
  8. Siegman A. E., Lasers University, Science Books.
  9. Svelto Orazio, Principles of Lasers, Springer Verlag.
  10. Thyagarajan K. and Ghatak, Lasers, Theory and Applications, Springer.