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Code	Φ-466
Title	Techniques of Laser Spectroscopy
Category	C
ECTS	6
Hours	5
Level	Undergraduate
Semester	Winter
Teacher	D. Antypas
Program	Tuesday 11:00-13:00, Room 1 Thursday 11:00-13:00, Room 1
Course Webpage	https://eclass.physics.uoc.gr/courses/PH466/
Goal of the Course	An introduction to essential concepts in light-matter interaction and associated effects An introduction to techniques in laser spectroscopy, and A review of applications (of scientific and/or technological importance) of using lasers to manipulate atoms or molecules.
Syllabus	Quick revision of Optics Thermal radiation, thermal and non-thermal Radiative processes, absorption and emission spectra Instrumentation for optical spectroscopy Coherence and lasers Spectral line broadening mechanisms Atomic structure and selection rules Molecular structure and molecular spectroscopy Cavity ring-down spectroscopy Nonlinear spectroscopy: Saturation and two-photon Raman spectroscopy Atom cooling and trapping Frequency combs Atomic clocks
Bibliography	"Laser Spectroscopy 1 \| 2", W. Demtröder, Springer (2014\|15) “Atomic Physics”, C. J. Foot, Oxford University Press (2005) “Optoelectronics and Photonics: Principles and Practices” 1st Edition, S.O. Kasap (2009) “Optics”, E. Hecht, Fifth edition (2017)