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| | Physics Department |
 | | The graduate program includes courses such as quantum optics, optical coherence theory, laser physics, laser physics laboratory, nonlinear optics, nonlinear optics laboratory, optical properties of solids, and optical properties of solids laboratory. |
 | | The research emphasized includes classical and quantum coherence in optics and atom-field interactions, nonlinear dynamics of lasers, optical parametric oscillators, nonlinear optics, photorefraction, phase conjugation, real time holography, photothermal spectroscopy, cavity quantum electrodynamics, electromagnetically induced transparency, photon statistics, quantum optics, light scattering from microspheres, and spectroscopy of atoms and molecules. |
 | | Excellent research and sample characterization facilities equipped with X-ray diffractometer, Raman spectrometer, atomic force and scanning electron microscopes are also available at the High Density Electronics Center (HiDEC) at the University. |
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