Credits: 3 (3-0-0)
Description
Light propagation through anisotropic media; Electro optic effect and electro optic modulators and switches; Liquid crystal devices and spatial light modulators, Acousto optic effect, acousto optic tunable filter, acousto optic deflector, scanner and spectrum analyser; Basics of nonlinear optical effects; Second harmonic generation, phase matching, quasi phase matching, Sum and difference frequency generation, parametric amplification and parametric oscillation; Third order nonlinear optical effects, Self phase modulation and soliton formation, Cross phase modulation and four wave mixing; Stimulated Raman and Brillouin scattering; Nonlinear effects in optical fibers.