ID:
510828
Duration (hours):
48
CFU:
6
SSD:
FISICA DELLA MATERIA
Year:
2025
Overview
Date/time interval
Primo Semestre (22/09/2025 - 09/01/2026)
Syllabus
Course Objectives
The course has the main objective of providing the student with basic training in the fundamental concepts and recent developments in the field of ultrafast laser physics, introducing the basic theory to understand ultrafast phenomena and their applications in condensed matter physics. It aims to provide even non-experts with a starting point to enter the field of laser physics, both continuous wave (CW) and ultrafast, providing the derivations. At the end of the course, the student will have acquired the specific terminology to describe physical phenomena and their observables on an ultrafast scale, and a rigorous method to explain the foundations and derivations of the physics of femtosecond lasers
Course Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of electromagnetism, principles of diffraction, spectroscopy.
Teaching Methods
Lectures with 5% group work, small experiments and/or exercises on course topics.
The material shown in class is made available on Kiro.
Kiro reports the key concepts and derivations that the student must have acquired for each thematic block.
The material shown in class is made available on Kiro.
Kiro reports the key concepts and derivations that the student must have acquired for each thematic block.
Assessment Methods
Oral exam. The questions cover the entire program. The student shall demonstrate that s/he has acquired basic notions, that s/he is able to concisely explain the topics and that s/he can think critically about concrete problems of solid state physics that can be addressed applying the methods seen in class
Texts
• U. Keller, Ultrafast Lasers - A Comprehensive Introduction to Fundamental Principles with Practical Applications, Springer International Publishing, eBook ISBN 978-3-030-82532-4, 2021
• Joseph W. Goodman, Introduction to Fourier Optics, The McGraw-Hill Companies, ISBN 0 07 024254 2
• O. Svelto, Principles of Lasers, Springer, New York, ISBN 978-1-4419-1301-2
• John M. Cowley, Diffraction Physics, North-Holland Publishing Company, ISBN 0 444 86121 1
• Joseph W. Goodman, Introduction to Fourier Optics, The McGraw-Hill Companies, ISBN 0 07 024254 2
• O. Svelto, Principles of Lasers, Springer, New York, ISBN 978-1-4419-1301-2
• John M. Cowley, Diffraction Physics, North-Holland Publishing Company, ISBN 0 444 86121 1
Contents
The course intends to cover fundamental technological and theoretical aspects of:
• Analysis of two-dimensional signals and systems
• Foundations of scalar diffraction theory
• Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction
• Fundamental properties of laser radiation
• Linear propagation of ultrashort pulses, dispersion and compensation
• Nonlinear propagation of ultrashort pulses
• Q-switching, Mode Locking & Chirped Pulse Amplification
• Optical Parametric Amplifiers for ultrashort pulses
• Broadband transient reflectivity & applications
• Ultrafast electron diffraction and microscopy & applications
• X-rays generation at Synchrotron and Free-Electron Laser
• Time-resolved X-Ray Absorption and Emission & applications
• High-Harmonic Generation (HHG)
• Coherent diffractive imaging methods & applications
• Analysis of two-dimensional signals and systems
• Foundations of scalar diffraction theory
• Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction
• Fundamental properties of laser radiation
• Linear propagation of ultrashort pulses, dispersion and compensation
• Nonlinear propagation of ultrashort pulses
• Q-switching, Mode Locking & Chirped Pulse Amplification
• Optical Parametric Amplifiers for ultrashort pulses
• Broadband transient reflectivity & applications
• Ultrafast electron diffraction and microscopy & applications
• X-rays generation at Synchrotron and Free-Electron Laser
• Time-resolved X-Ray Absorption and Emission & applications
• High-Harmonic Generation (HHG)
• Coherent diffractive imaging methods & applications
Course Language
Italian
More information
According to the guidelines of the Innovative Teaching Project, students who certify that they are in one of the conditions listed in Annex A (https://portale.unipv.it/it/didattica/servizi-lo-studente/modalita-didattiche-inclusive) are guaranteed: up to 2 hours of office hours per week (also online), support through tutoring/supplementary teaching, additional teaching material
Degrees
Degrees (2)
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Master’s Degree
2 years
SCIENZE FISICHE
Master’s Degree
2 years
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