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OPTICAL SCIENCES (OPTI)
210. Geometrical Optics (3) I Basic principles of light, refraction, reflection, properties of optical glass, prisms, paraxial optics, pupils and stops, visual and other basic instruments, aberrations, measurement and testing. P, MATH 125A. (Identical with ECE 210).
210L. Geometrical Optics Laboratory (1) I Cleaning optics, measuring refractive indices, dispersing and deviating prisms, thin lenses, thick lenses, aberration evaluation, Keplerian and Galileo telescopes and compound microscopes. P or CR, OPTI 210. (Identical with ECE 210L).
226. Physical Optics (3) II Electromagnetic waves, plane harmonic waves, coherent and incoherent superposition of waves. Interference and diffraction of waves. Polarized light. P, OPTI 210, PHYS 241. (Identical with ECE 226).
226L. Physical Optics Laboratory (1) II Electromagnetic waves, plane harmonic waves, coherent and incoherent superposition of waves. Interference and diffraction of waves. Polarized light. P or CR, OPTI 226. (Identical with ECE 226L).
299. Independent Study (1-4) [Rpt./] I II
299H. Honors Independent Study (1-3) [Rpt./] I II
342. Optical Systems Analysis (3) II Mathematical background, special functions, systems and operators, convolution, Fourier series, the Fourier transform, linear filtering, sampling, two-dimensional operations, applications in diffraction and image formation. P, PHYS 142 or PHYS 241; MATH 223.
350. Radiometry, Sources and Detectors (3) I Symbols, units and nomenclature, geometrical radiation transfer, radiometric instruments and measurements, black body radiation, practical radiation sources, noise and its effects, point and array detectors, detector interfacing. P, OPTI 226. (Identical with ECE 350).
370. Lasers and Electro-Optical Devices (3) II Elements of solid state physics, laser physics and laser light, laser components, systems and measurements; display devices, light modulators, laser beam manipulation. P, OPTI 350, PHYS 242. (Identical with ECE 370).
399. Independent Study (1-6) [Rpt./]
399H. Honors Independent Study (1-3) [Rpt./]
412. Optical Instrumentation (3) I Microscopes, telescopes, cameras, high-speed photography, diffraction gratings, fiber optics, ophthalmic instruments; medical optical instruments, adaptive optics, optical scanners. P, OPTI 370. (Identical with ECE 412).
416. Optical Design, Fabrication and Testing (4) II Aberrations of optical systems, balancing of aberrations, image quality measures, system analysis using ray trace code, lens design, optimization, optical materials, optical testing, knife edge test, interferometric testing, phase shifting interferometry, optical fabrication, lens mounting. P, OPTI 412. (Identical with ECE 416).
434. Electrical and Optical Properties of Materials (3) I (Identical with MSE 434, which is home).
470A. Optics Laboratory (3) I Beam alignment, data acquisition and signal processing, spectrometers, incoherent sources, thermal and quantum detectors, array detectors and video, image acquisition and processing, optical properties of materials, polarization, scanners and modulators. P, ECE 351A; CR, OPTI 412. (Identical with ECE 470A).
470B. Optics Laboratory (3) II Coherent sources and Gaussian beams, spatial filters, laser cavities and diode lasers, fiber optics, Fourier optics, holography, image quality and MTF, geometrical and interferometric optical testing. P, OPTI 470A; CR, OPTI 416. (Identical with ECE 470B).
473. Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy for Experimentalists I (3) I (Identical with PHYS 473, which is home). May be convened with OPTI 573.
474. Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy for Experimentalists II (3) II (Identical with PHYS 474, which is home). May be convened with OPTI 574.
487. Fiber Optics Laboratory (3) II Fiber characteristics; fiber preparation; single and multimode fibers; sources; coupling; communication systems; multiplexing techniques; fiber-optic sensors. P, ECE 456. (Identical with ECE 487). May be convened with OPTI 587.
490. Remote Sensing for the Study of Planet Earth (3) II (Identical with REM 490, which is home). May be convened with OPTI 590.
498. Senior Capstone (1-3) I II
498H. Honors Thesis (3) [Rpt./ 2] I II
499. Independent Study (1-6) [Rpt./] I II
499H. Honors Independent Study (3) [Rpt./]
501. Electromagnetic Waves (3) I Maxwell's equations, boundary conditions, wave equation, vector and scalar potentials and gauges, green's function, reflection, refraction, polarized light, optics of crystals. P, PHYS 241.
502. Introduction to Optical Design (3) I Rays and wave fronts, Snell's Law, mirror and prism systems, Gaussian imagery and cardinal points, paraxial ray tracing, stops and dispersion, systems of thin prisms, system analysis using ray trace code, chromatic aberrations and achromatization, monochromatic aberrations, ray fans, spot diagrams, balancing of aberrations, aspheric systems. P, PHYS 142 or OPTI 241.
503. Quantum Optics and Lasers (3) I Quantum background, interaction of light with matter, two-level atom, lasers, nonlinear optics. P, PHYS 371. (Identical with PHYS 503).
504. Mathematical Methods for Optics (3) I Complex variables, Fourier theory and applications to imaging, coherent and incoherent imaging, other integral transforms, special functions and orthogonal polynomials, linear algebra, integral equations, green's functions. P, PHYS 142 or OPTI 241; MATH 223.
505. Diffraction and Interferometry (3) II Interference and interferometry, concepts of coherence, holography, diffraction theory, Fraunhofer and Fresnel diffraction, volume diffraction, Gaussian beam propagation, optical transfer function, speckle. P, OPTI 501.
505L. Fundamentals of Physical Optics Laboratory (1) II Laboratory in support of 501 and 505. P, OPTI 501 or OPTI 505.
506. Radiometry and Detectors (3) II Generation and propagation of black body and other radiation, projected areas, solid angle, inverse square and other laws, isotropic and other surfaces, absorption, reflection, transmission, scattering, imaging and non-imaging detectors, figures of merit, noise, vision, color, film, calibration and measurement, spectrometers and radiometers. P, OPTI 502.
507. Solid-State Optics (3) II Basic concepts in crystals and in optical response, optical properties of phonons and semiconductors, quantum wells, electro-optical properties of bulk semiconductors, optical nonlinearities, solid state devices and laser diodes. P, OPTI 511 or PHYS 371; OPTI 503.
508. Probability and Statistics in Optics (3) II Probability theory, stochastic processes, optical applications, hypothesis testing and estimation. P, OPTI 504 or OPTI 512; OPTI 501.
510L. Fundamentals of Applied Optics Laboratory (1) II Optical systems; (2A) Gaussian optics, aberrations, radiometry, sources, detectors, optical engineering. P, OPTI 506.
511. Introduction to Optical Physics and Lasers (3) Classical dipole oscillator, microscopic theory of light-matter interactions, laser and other light sources, lasers, nonlinear optics. P or CR, OPTI 501.
511L. Lasers and Solid-State Devices Laboratory (1) II Gas and semiconductor lasers, modes and beats, modelocking, spectrum analysis, exitons and quant um wells, noise, modulators and detectors, second-harmonic generation. P, OPTI 503 or OPTI 511; CR, OPTI 507.
512. Introduction to Fourier Optics (3) I Mathematical background, convolution, the Fourier transform, linear filtering, two-dimensional operations, diffraction, image formation. P, PHYS 241 or OPTI 142; MATH 223.
512L. Mathematical Optics Laboratory (1) I Laboratory in support of 504, 508 and 512. P, OPTI 504 or OPTI 512 and C SC 227 or SIE 270.
513. Optical Testing (3) I Fringe analysis, wave front aberrations and analysis, measurement of optical components, surface figure, surface finish, length, refractive index and transfer functions. P, OPTI 505; OPTI 506.
513L. Optical Testing Laboratory (1) I Laboratory in support of 513. P or CR, OPTI 513.
514. Aberration Theory (3) I Aberration theory; geometrical image formation; diffraction; pupil, spread, and transfer functions; random wave front perturbations; system effects; image evaluation; image processing. P, OPTI 506.
517. Lens Design (4) I Fundamentals of optical system layout and design; exact and paraxial ray tracing; aberration theory; chromatic and monochromatic aberrations; use of computer programs in lens design. P, OPTI 506.
518. Introduction to Aberrations (3) II Advanced first-order tools, chromatic aberrations, monochromatic aberrations, sources of aberration, computation, simple systems. P, OPTI 502.
527. Holography (3) I Historical background; the Gabor hologram; the hologram as a zone plate; Fresnel, image, Fourier-transform, and reflection holograms; practical holography; limitations. P, OPTI 505. (Identical with ECE 527).
529. Information and the Foundation of Physics (3) I Information theories of Shannon and Fisher. Second law and information. Measurement and likelihood theory. Probab ility- and physical-law estimation from new theory of information. P, OPTI 501 or PHYS 325 or equivalent. (Identical with PHYS 529).
531. Image Processing Laboratory for Remote Sensing (3) I (Identical with ECE 531, which is home).
532. Computer Vision (3) I (Identical with ECE 532, which is home).
533. Digital Image Processing (3) II (Identical with ECE 533, which is home).
534. Advanced Topics in Electronic Materials (3) [Rpt./ 2] I (Identical with MSE 534, which is home).
538. Medical Optics (3) I Imaging methods in radiology, ultrasound, NMR, thermography, planar x-rays, classical tomography, computed tomography, gamma ray emission methods, positron imaging, digital radiography, xerographic methods. P, OPTI 512.
539. Estimation Methods in Optics (3) I Bayesian MAP and MMSE estimation, maximum entropy estimates, restoration of images and spectra, phase retrieval, medical images, significance tests. P, OPTI 501.
541. Introduction to Lasers (3) II Laser theory, properties of lasers, stimulated emission, dispersion theory, gain saturation and rate equations, optical resonators, mode locking, survey of laser types and mechanisms. P, PHYS 371.
545. Nonlinear Optics (3) II Review of linear optics, quantum theory of optical susceptibilities; second-order nonlinearities, second-harmonic generation, three-wave mixing; third-order nonlinearities, Kerr-type nonlinearities, self-phase modulation, two-photon absorption, phase-conjunction, self-focusing, optical solutions, nonlinear fiber optics; stimulated scattering, Rayleigh wing, Brillouin and Raman scattering. P, OPTI 503 or OPTI 511; OPTI 501.
550. Fundamentals of Remote Sensing (3) I Historical development of remote sensing, the sun and the electromagnetic spectrum; radiometry; radiometry of optical systems; spectroradiometric instruments; reflectance, definitions and measurement; atmospheric properties, measurements and effects; satellite optical sensors; radiometic calibration of sensors; atmospheric correction.
558. Radiometry (3) I Units and nomenclature; Planck's law; black bodies; gray bodies; spectral emitters; Kirchoff's law; flux concepts; axial and off-axis irradiance; radiative transfer; normalization; coherent illumination; radiometric instruments. P, OPTI 501.
559. Imaging and Infrared Techniques (3) I Radiometry review; the radiant environment; black body and other radiation; properties of materials; detectors; optical systems; scanners; system design techniques and examples.
561. Physics of Semiconductors (3) I (Identical with PHYS 561, which is home).
563. Photoelectronic Imaging Devices (3) II Intensifiers; camera tubes; storage tubes; specifications; evaluation; applications, electronic optics, human visual process, photon detection. P, PHYS 132.
566. Optical Detectors (3) II Photodetectors, thermal and photoemitters: detectors, signal and noise mechanisms; figures of merit; limitations on the sensitivity of detectors; Infrared detectors; BLIP; ionizing radiation detection. P, OPTI 502, OPTI 506, OPTI 507.
568. Solid-State Imaging Devices (3) II Charge transfer devices, monolithic and hybrid focal planes, photoconductive, photovoltaic, and pyroelectric detectors, figures of merit, time-delay integration (TDI), fat zero, transfer efficiency, MTF, double-correlated sampling, input techniques, output techniques, buried channel vs. surface channel devices. Composite video characteristics. P, OPTI 507.
573. Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy for Experimentalists I (3) I (Identical with PHYS 573, which is home). May be convened with OPTI 473.
574. Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy for Experimentalists II (3) II (Identical with PHYS 574, which is home). May be convened with OPTI 474.
576. Optical Wave Guides and Integrated Optics (3) I Guided waves in dielectric planar and channel wave guides; beam-to-guide and guide-to-guide couplers; general coupled-mode formalism; numerical techniques for wave guides and couplers; survey of devices for integrated optics. P, OPTI 501. Change course title, description and delete prerequisites: Thin Film Optics (3) I Provides an understanding of some significant physical mechanisms involved in the growth, structure and optical properties of thin films. Content includes: basic electromagnetic theory of multilayer thin films with application to coating including antireflection, reflection, beam splitters, dichroic filters, and bandpass filters. Examples range from the visible to soft x-rays. Spring 99
577. Optics of Thin Films (2) I Dielectric interference films; semiconductor and metallic films; planar wave guide films; design methods for multilayer interference filter coatings; thin film components for integrated optical circuits. P, OPTI 505.
587. Fiber Optics Laboratory (3) II For a description of course topics see OPTI 487. Graduate-level requirements include performance of a more advanced set of experiments and demonstration of a deeper knowledge of the subject. (Identical with ECE 587). May be convened with OPTI 487.
590. Remote Sensing for the Study of Planet Earth (3) II (Identical with REM 590, which is home). May be convened with OPTI 490.
595. Colloquium
a. Current Subjects in Optical Sciences (1) [Rpt./ 2] I II
596. Seminar
e. Issues in Science and Technology Policy (3) [Rpt./6 units] II (Identical with PHYS 596E, which is home).
597. Workshop
a. Optical Shop Practices (3) II P, OPTI 513.
599. Independent Study (1-5) [Rpt./]
622. Partial Coherence and Polarization (2) II Properties of the mutual coheren ce function. Image formation in partially coherent light. Michelson stellar interferometer, Fourier-transform spectroscopy. Coherency matrix, Stokes parameters and applications. P, OPTI 501 or OPTI 505.
625. Optical Zingers (2) II GRD A collection of simple-minded explanations or "The fine art of handwaving."
626. Diode Lasers and Optoelectronics (3) I This course gives an understanding of the physics and technology of diode lasers, wave guides and photogenic components. The main focus is on the operation and design concept of semiconductor lasers, various diode lasers and their performance. Recent developments in laser diodes and active photogenic components are covered. Included are the state-of-the-art technology for monolithic integration of diode lasers with other optoelectronic components and their application for optical communication. P, OPTI 501.
627. Computer Generated Holography (3) II CGH is the optical element most directly associated with the computer. The course will emphasize mathematical tools while exploring the theory and some practice of computer holography. P, OPTI 527 or consent of instructor.
637. Principles of Image Science (3) II Mathematical description of imaging systems and noise; introduction to inverse problems; introduction to statistica l decision theory; prior information; image reconstruction and radon transform; image quality; applications in medical imaging; other imaging systems. P, OPTI 504 or OPTI 512; OPTI 508.
638. Advanced Medical Imaging (3) II Describes the physical principles behind the medical cross-sectional imaging modalities of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), ultrasound (US), positron emission tomography (PET), and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). P, OPTI 504 or OPTI 512 or equivalent.
656A. Atmospheric Radiation and Remote Sensing (3) I (Identical with ATMO 656A, which is home).
656B. Atmospheric Radiation and Remote Sensing (3) II (Identical with ATMO 656B, which is home).
670. Principles of Optical Data Storage (3) II Optics of polarized light in systems of high numerical aperture; automatic focusing and tracking schemes; interaction of light with magnetic media; readout enhancement through multilayering; physical mechanisms of optical recording in ablative, phase-change, th ermomagnetic and dye-polymer media; sources of noise in optical recording; data encoding schemes. P, consent of instructor.
674. Optical Analysis with DIFFRACT (1) II How to use the DIFFRACT program for the design and analysis of optical systems that are beyond the capabilities of ordinary ray-trace programs. P, familiarity with theory of diffraction polarized light optics, thin-film multilayer structures, and the theory of Fourier-transforms.
680. Microcomputer Interfacing in the Optics Laboratory (3) II Design, construction and use of microcomputer interfaces and assembly language software drivers. Laboratory exercises include interfaces with switches, relays, motors, terminals, A-to-D converters and D-to-A converters. P, C SC 115 or equivalent.
690. Introduction to Opto-Mechanical Design (2) II GRD Optomechanics is emerging as an indispensable field to those involved in optical engineering. Every optical component in a system must be mounted and integrated into a structure in such a way that optical characteristics and physical integrity are preserved in the presence of a variety of physical influences. In this course the principles of opto-mechanical design are reviewed and illustrated in several case studies. P, OPTI 502, PHYS 141.
696. Seminar
a. Advanced Lens Design (2) I P, OPTI 517.
900. Research (1-8) [Rpt./]
909. Master's Report (1-3) [Rpt./]
910. Thesis (1-8) [Rpt./]
920. Dissertation (1-9) [Rpt./]
930. Supplementary Registration (1-9) [Rpt./]