Covers the fundamental concepts of laser operation, including dispersion theory, gain and resonators, different types of laser systems, noise characteristics, optical fibers, ultrafast lasers, and nonlinear frequency conversion.
Introduces fundamental notions in digital filtering, covering 2D filtering approaches, linear filters, stability, FIR and IIR filters, frequency domain filtering, and Gaussian filters.
Explores the general principles of resonant sensors, focusing on piezoelectric resonators and their applications in temperature sensing and mass measurement.