Prerequisites: PHYS 209A or consent of instructor
Description: Wave propagation in nonlinear media. Electro-optic effect, three- and four-wave mixing, high-resolution nonlinear spectroscopies, rare atom and molecule detection, laser manipulation of particles, high-intensity laser physics, laser-plasma interactions.
Credit: May be taken Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) with consent of instructor and graduate advisor.