ECEN 4606 Undergraduate Optics Lab

The lab will introduce the practical and hands-on applications of photonics.

Topics:

1. Hands-on techniques for laser and optical systems
2. Imaging, microscopy and optical image processing
3. Intererometry and diffraction for metrology
4. Important optoelectronic components such as laser diodes, LEDs and photodiodes
5. Circuit design for optoelectronic systems
6. Optical communications systems

Prerequisites: ECEN 3400.

Recommended theory course: ECEN 4616

Lectures

• Intro
• From Maxwell to optics
• Telescopic imaging
• Microscopic imaging
• Fourier optics
• Interferometry
• Polarization
• Holography
• Spectroscopy
• Lasers & LEDs
• Photodiodes
• Interface circuitry
• Fiber optical communication
• Optical trapping