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Fundamentals of Attosecond Science and Technology
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| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Fees Informations | Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|---|
| INR 1000 | yes | IIT Madras (IITM) |
The Syllabus
- Introduction to light pulses and electromagnetic waves
- Recap of differential equations and Fourier transforms
- Femtosecond laser pulse generation – methods and techniques
- Metrology of femtosecond laser pulses – techniques and analysis
- Femtosecond laser systems – design and implementation
- Primer on nonlinear optics – second- and third-harmonic generation, phase-matching
- Generation of few-cycle optical pulses; Carrier-envelope phase, frequency and their measurement;
- Application of CEP phase metrology to light-field driven electronics;
- Interim review and discussions
- Beyond perturbative nonlinear optics – multi-photon and tunnel-ionization;
- Theoretical basis of strong-field physics – basic concepts and application to high-harmonic generation;
- Electron wavepackets – basic concepts;
- High-order harmonic generation – genesis of attosecond pulse generation;
- Metrology of attosecond pulse trains – RABBITT technique;
- Theoretical treatment of RABBITT technique
- Generation of isolated Attosecond pulses;
- Streaking and metrology of isolated attosecond pulses;
- Application of streaking to chronoscopy - Time-delays in photoionization;
- Coherent dynamics on the attosecond timescale – Fano and Lorentz lineshape and their control;
- High-harmonic generation in solids – metrology and spectroscopy;
- Future directions – zeptosecond physics, free-electron lasers and attosecond electron pulses.
- Term paper and seminar presentations
- Term paper and seminar presentations