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ECE6308J – Modern Optics Laboratory
Instructors:
Credits: 3 Credits
Pre-requisites: Graduate Standing
Description:
One mature engineering school requires course training in both theoretical and practical knowledge. Given the interdisciplinary nature of JI’s research, there’s an increasing demand of using optical instruments for metrology (Peisen Huang), precision measurement (Lei Shao), optoelectronics (Yaping Dan), optical sensing (Xuyang Lu), imaging (Sung-Liang Chen) and photonic device (Wenjie Wan). This new lab course fills the need for JI‘s fresh EE graduate students as well as ME’s to gain introductory and hands-on knowledge and experience in optics, electromagnetism technology, and their applications. The new course offers an introduction to laboratory optics, optical principles, and optical devices and systems. This course covers a wide range of topics, including polarization, coherence, diffraction, holography, imaging, optical communication, display, adaptive optics, etc.
The course will be delivered both in lecture and laboratory. Most optical systems in the lab involve the use of many of the principles and components we will study in the lecture. The goal is to help the student develop a thorough understanding of the underlying physical principles of modern optical devices and systems through hands-on learning. In general, there is one lecture and one laboratory period each week. Lectures are supplemented with weekly laboratory exercises, problem sets, and a final laboratory project or final exam of the student’s choosing.
Note that: there’s a similar undergraduate course: VE 438, which is restricted to undergraduates and has an additional MDE project requirement. For the urgent and strong demand from the graduate students, we have decided to separate the new course out solely for the graduate student’s training. We can mainly utilize all the equipment purchased for VE438.
Course Topics:
1. Basic optics: polarization , reflection , diffraction
2. Coherence :Temporal and spatial coherence, two-beam interferometers (Michelson and Mach-Zehnder)
3. Hologram
4. Optical fiber: light coupled to optical fiber
5. Optical communications (free space, or optical fiber)
6. Spectroscopy
7. Optical display (fourier optics)
8. Adaptive optics
9. Microscope + optical trapping
10. Surface Plasmon Laboratory
11. Second harmonic generation (back-up)