Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences Seminar
Thursday, 25 May, 2006, 12:30--1:50pm
Modeling Pulsed Lasers
Nathan Kutz
UW Applied Math Professor
In the past 40 decades since its invention, the laser
has become an indispensable commercial technology
with applications in communication systems, scanners,
medical imaging, spectroscopy and wide range of
other applications. Research into the dynamics and
stability of laser systems continues to evolve with special
emphasis on ultra-fast lasers. I will discuss some of the
modeling issues and present many of the key ideas
in the laser system.