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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the concepts and principles of geometrical optics. Rays and wave fronts, Fermat's principle, Snell's law, dispersion, systems of plane mirrors andprisms, paraxial rays, paraxial design, thin lenses and thick lenses, introduction to aberrations and ray tracing. Prerequisites with concurrency: PH 113, 305. Fall.
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3.00 Credits
Electromagnetic waves, simple harmonic motion, superposition of waves, interference of light, Young's double slit experiment, diffraction gratings, diffraction, 329 speed of light, light sources and their spectra, absorption and scattering, dispersion, polarization. Prerequisites: OPT 341, PH 305. Spring.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
Introduction to optical laboratory techniques, focus and alignment with incoherent and coherent sources, the nodal slide, thin lenses, thick lenses, and lens systems, the effects of apertures and stops, reflection, refraction and dispersion, aberrations, elements of radiometry. Prerequisites: PH 116, OPT 341. Suggested prerequisite with concurrency: OPT 441. Lab Fee: $50. Fall.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
Introduction to physical optics phenomena, Young's double slit experiment, Lloyd'smirror, Fresnel biprism, Newton's rings, intensity distribution in fringe systems, Michelson interferometer, Fabry-Perot interferometer, Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction, diffraction by circular, rectangular and multiple openings, diffraction gratings. Prerequisites: PH 116, OPT 342. Suggested Co-requisite: OPT 442 or EE 382. Lab Fee: $50. (Same as OPE 455.) Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Intermediate geometrical optics, first-order optics, linear transformations, paraxial optics, reflection and transmission at an interface, polarized light, Jones and Mueller calculi, matrix methods, ray tracing, apertures and stops, third order optics and aberrations. Prerequisite: OPT 342. (Same as OPE 441 and EE 461.) Fall, even years.
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3.00 Credits
Two beam interference, multiple beam interference, optical testing. Fraunhofer diffraction, Fresnel diffraction, the Fourier transform, Fourier methods in optics, Coherence, Holography. Prerequisite: OPT 441 or PH 431. (Same as OPE 442 and EE 462.) Spring, odd years.
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3.00 Credits
Review of polarized light and the Jones and Mueller calculi. Propagation of light in birefringent material, modulation of light using electro-optic effect, Kerr effect, acousto-optic effect, and Faraday effect. Elements of photo-detection and detectors, signal processing, and signal-to-noise ratios. Design and analysis of beam scanners, optical rf-spectrum analyzer, optical sensors, and optical communication systems. Prerequisite: OPT 342. (Same as OPE 451.) Fall, even years.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the concepts and principles of lasers. Stimulated emission, light amplification, optical pumping, optical resonator theory, cavity modes, gas lasers, solid state lasers, laser applications, Gaussian beams, coherence, and holography. Prerequisite: PH 432. Fall, odd years.
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3.00 Credits
Theory and practice of radiometry and photometry. Blackbody radiation and Lambertian sources. The propagation of radiant energy in free space and through optical systems. Detector classes, responsivity, bandwidth, and noise. Power spectral density, properties of sources, photon noise. Prerequisite: OPT 342. Spring, even years.
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3.00 Credits
Linear, circular, and elliptical polarization of light. Mueller and Jones calculi, Stokes vectors, measuring polarized light, polarizers and retarders. Interference of polarized light, polarization properties of crystals and thin films, polarization ray tracing. Prerequisite: OPT 342. Fall, odd years. 330
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