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Catalog Data:
473 Lasers and Optics Laboratory (3) Project oriented optics laboratory course Theory, design, engineering and experiment for modern optics project. Prerequisite: EE 330, EE302 or instructor approval, or graduate standing.
Text book:
To be determined based on choice of project, and relevant literature in journals relating to topic.
Course Coordinators:
Martin Gundersen, Professor of Electrical Engineering
Topics:
1. Student is to choose project based on research interest of student and of faculty mentor.
2. Potential topics are related to faculty research interests. Examples of topic areas include semiconductor lasers, gas lasers, optical devices for information processing, optical instrumentation for measurement of information in either the time or frequency domain, spectral analysis of experiments, photonic bandgap crystals, microscopic optical devices, nonlinear optics, optical modulation technology.
Course Objectives:
To introduce the student to the mathematical techniques and application skills needed to analyze, design, and understand optical and photonic devices and projects, and provide student with engineering design project at level of professional optics research and engineering.
Course Outcomes:
The students will be able to:
1. Understand and apply optical design methods to and in practical devices.
2. Write and solve wave equation for basic situations.
3. Complete design proposal.
4. Conduct research to understand background of project, including exploration of literature.
5. Design, engineer and fabricate optics project.
6. Review with one or more during and at end of project.
7. Provide written report which will form documentation of project.
8. Present review of project, including complete engineering presentation of project.
Laboratory Projects: Student is to propose in collaboration with faculty mentor optics project. Student may work with one or more photonics faculty in choosing and implementing the project, and will work in faculty laboratory to completion of project.
Prepared by: Martin Gundersen Date: November 4, 2002
