PHYS435

Apply principles of laser safety to decide practical laboratory choices for ethical and safe use of lasers including specification of safety controls, calculation of maximum permissible exposure, and calculation of optical density for laser goggles.

Forecast and stipulate properties of light in optical beams such as power, beam width, intensity, and beam quality.

Apply laser beams in the laboratory to achieve practical industry and science objectives.

Specify key quantitative parameters for sensors addressing response and noise and use those parameters to correctly interpret and analyze optical radiation in practical laboratory and industry applications.

Mathematically analyze and predict laser beam propagation using Gaussian, optical matrix, and diffractive methods.

Solve basic analytical physics and engineering problems based on fundamental theories of operation of laser oscillators and amplifiers.