Explores the principles of cavities and lasers, including Fabry-Perot resonators, Gaussian beams, cavity configurations, and absorption-emission-stimulated emission processes.
Covers the basics of laser operation, including light-atom interaction and resonator design, discussing the quantum vs classical view of the atom and stimulated emission.
Covers random intensity noise of lasers, amplitude fluctuations, coherence, frequency noise characterization, and Allan deviation for stable oscillators.
