3rd and final course in the Active Optical Devices Specialization
Instructor: Juliet Gopinath, Ph.D., Professor
The course will dive deep into electronic display devices, including liquid crystals, electroluminescent, plasma, organic light-emitting diodes, and electrowetting based displays. You'll learn about various design principles, affordances, and liabilities, and also a variety of applications in the real world of professional optics.
Prior knowledge needed: Undergraduate courses in physics, calculus, multivariable calculus, differential equations, modern physics/waves, electromagnetism quantum mechanics or quantum physics, statistical mechanics or thermal physics semiconductor physics. Graduate level courses in physical optics, lasers, and completion of semiconductor devices specialization (ECEA 5630 Semiconductor Physics, ECEA 5631 Diode: Junction and Metal Semiconductor Contact, and ECEA 5632 Transistor: field effect transistor and bipolar junction transistor).
Specific skills to review before the course: Trigonometric & exponential functions, Algebraic manipulation, Polarization, Jones matrices/vectors and Birefringence.
Learning Outcomes
Syllabus
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Grading
Assignment |
Percentage of Grade |
Quiz: Liquid Crystal Displays |
20% |
Quiz: Electroluminescent Displays |
20% |
Quiz: E-Ink, Electrowetting, and Plasma Displays |
20% |
Final Exam |
40% |
Letter Grade Rubric
Letter Grade |
Minimum Percentage |
A |
90% |
B |
80% |
C |
70% |
D |
60% |
F |
0% |