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OPTI 5000 - Selected Topics in Optics
Credit Hours: (3)
Selected topics in optics from areas such as medical optics, adaptive optics, all optical networks, etc.
Restriction(s): Permission of Optics Program Director.
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 5371 - Waves and Optics
Credit Hours: (3)
The mathematics of wave motion, light as an example of an electromagnetic wave, the superposition of periodic and non-periodic waves, and selected topics from geometrical and physical optics.
Cross-listed as: PHYS 4271 and PHYS 5271 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 5392 - Solid State Microelectronic Devices
Credit Hours: (3)
PN-junctions and Schottky junctions. Bipolar and field effect transistors. Optoelectronic and heterojunction devices. Lithography and integrated circuits. Microwave devices. Light emitting devices and detectors. Quantum devices using superlattices. Quantum wells and quantum dots. Material preparation and characterization. Measurement techniques.
Cross-listed as: ECGR 5192 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6000 - Selected Topics in Optics
Credit Hours: (3)
Selected topics in optics from areas such as medical optics, adaptive optics, all optical networks, etc.
Restriction(s): Permission of Optics Program Director.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 8000 .
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6101 - Mathematical Methods of Optical Science and Engineering
Credit Hours: (3)
A comprehensive look at those mathematical techniques important to the understanding of optical phenomena. Includes vector algebra and calculus, matrix theory, Fourier series and transforms, complex analysis, solution of boundary value problems in partial differential equations, and special functions. Topical coverage emphasizes applications specific to the field of optics.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 8101 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6102 - Principles of Geometrical Optics
Credit Hours: (3)
Law of reflection and refraction, reflection and refraction at plane surfaces, paraxial imagery, mirrors, thick lenses, thin lenses, lens systems, stops, principle planes, the optical variant, vignetting, paraxial radiometry, analysis of common optical systems, real ray tracing, and introduction to aberrations and image resolution in the context of the modulation transfer function.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 8102 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6102L - Geometrical Optics Lab
Credit Hours: (1)
Selected experiments in areas of geometrical optics such as index of refraction measurement, dispersing and reflecting prisms, spherical mirrors and thin lenses, imaging, optical instruments, aberration, fiber optics, and fringe projection profilometry.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 8102L .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6103 - Light Sources and Detectors
Credit Hours: (3)
Photon statistics and thermal light. Interactions of photons with atoms. Population inversion, lasing threshold, and resonator modes. Mode-locked and Q-switched lasers. Semiconductor photon sources including light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and laser diodes. Quantum-confined structures, materials, and devices. Thermal sources. Light extraction. Light detectors including photoconductive, photovoltaic and avalanche photodiodes. Noise in light sources and detectors.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 8103 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6104 - Electromagnetic Waves
Credit Hours: (3)
Optical phenomena that are explicitly associated with the electromagnetic nature of light. Includes an introduction to Maxwell’s equations, and electromagnetic waves. Polarization and the Jones calculus. Energy and momentum conservation, boundary conditions and Fresnel equations. Waves in anisotropic (birefringent) and complex media. Modulation and deflection of optical beams (principles of acousto-optics and electro-optic devices). Propagation at interfaces, waveguides, and plasmons. Electromagnetic potentials and multipole radiation, scattering of light, and interaction with metallic nanoparticles.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 8104 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6106 - Principles of Physical Optics
Credit Hours: (3)
The Fourier transform and its role in wave optics. Wave properties of light, superposition of waves, angular spectrum of plane waves, relation to ray optics, Gaussian beams, periodic structures and surfaces, Fresnel diffraction, spatial filtering diffraction, interference and interferometers (two, multibeam, Fabry-Perot), polarization, temporal and spatial coherence, holography, imaging and resolution.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 8106 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Spring 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6201 - Fourier Optics and Holography
Credit Hours: (3)
Principles of scalar, Fresnel, and Fraunhofer diffraction theory. Coherent optical data processing. Optical filtering and data processing. Holography.
Prerequisite(s): OPTI 6102 and OPTI 6104 .
Cross-listed as: OPTI 8201 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6202 - Fundamentals of Biomedical Optics
Credit Hours: (3)
Basic principles underlying tissue optics, laser-tissue interactions, and optical imaging, microscopy, and spectroscopy for medical applications.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 8202 and PHYS 6202 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6203 - Metamaterials
Credit Hours: (3)
Metamaterials describes a new field of engineered materials having subwavelength structures, and which have electromagnetic properties not found in nature. Examples include zero and negative index materials which lead to some new applications. Metamaterials are made from “meta-atoms” which are much smaller than the wavelength of the radiation. Meta-atoms are LCR circuits having strong resonant behavior over some chosen bandwidth. The distribution of many such atoms and their mutual interaction determine the bulk metamaterial’s properties. Describing these properties draws from electromagnetics, antenna design, atomic and molecular physics and condensed matter physics. At increasingly small scales (i.e., at the nanoscale), both quantum and plasmonic phenomena can play a role.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 8203 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6205 - Advanced Optical Materials
Credit Hours: (3)
Molecular optical materials including fabrication methods. Luminescence centers; quenching. Nonlinear optics, including higher order terms of the susceptibility tensor. Photonic crystals.
Prerequisite(s): OPTI 6104 and OPTI 6105 or ECGR 6133 /ECGR 8133 .
Cross-listed as: OPTI 8205 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6206 - Physical Optics Design and Simulation
Credit Hours: (3)
Design and simulation of optical components and systems using scalar and vector wave propagation, diffraction, and interference. The course is intended to complement OPTI 6241 , which focuses on optical lens and system design using geometrical ray-tracing.
Prerequisite(s): OPTI 6106 .
Cross-listed as: OPTI 8206 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Spring 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6211 - Introduction to Modern Optics
Credit Hours: (3)
Fourier analysis and holography, Coherence. Introduction to light production and detection. Optical modulation, including EO effect, Kerr effect, amplitude modulation, magnetooptic effect, photoelastic effect, and acousto-optic effect. Introduction to nonlinear optics. Photonic switching.
Prerequisite(s): OPTI 6102 or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 8211 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Spring 2014, Spring 2013
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6212 - Integrated Photonics
Credit Hours: (3)
Theory and application of optical waveguides, free-space micro-optics, and integrated photonic devices. Fabrication and integration techniques, including motivations for choice of approach (hybrid vs. monolithic, materials, size, performance, etc). Modeling and simulation. Students will be required to work with mathematical packages such as Matlab and/or Mathematica to illustrate key concepts and to implement beam propagation/optical modeling simulations.
Prerequisite(s): OPTI 6102 and OPTI 6104 .
Cross-listed as: OPTI 8212 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Fall 2014
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6221 - Optical Communications
Credit Hours: (3)
Introduction to optical communications and basic communication block such as lasers, optical modulators, and optical transceivers. Review of fibers (attenuation, dispersions, etc.). Optical amplifiers. Passive and active photonic components such as tunable lasers and filters. Coherent and incoherent detection. Signal processing, photonic switching, and point-to-point links / connections.
Prerequisite(s): OPTI 6102 and OPTI 6103 .
Cross-listed as: OPTI 8221 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6222 - Optical Communication Networks
Credit Hours: (3)
Optical signal coding, multiplexing and de-multiplexing. Timedomain medium access (TDM (SONET) and TDMA), wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM and WDMA). Optical networks, add-drop multiplexing (OADM), switching and routing technologies, Dispersion management. Optical clock and timing recovery. Optical amplification, wavelength conversion, transport, and networking protocols. Broadband ISDN concepts. Access, metro, and longhaul network topologies.
Prerequisite(s): OPTI 6221 or graduate standing in ECE, CS, or IT.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 8222 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6241 - Optical System Function and Design
Credit Hours: (3)
Advanced study of telescopes, microscopes, cameras, off-axis imaging systems, stops, apertures, multiple lenses, use and selection of ray trace computer codes.
Prerequisite(s): OPTI 6102 .
Cross-listed as: OPTI 8241 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6242 - Optical Propagation in Inhomogeneous Media
Credit Hours: (3)
Advanced study of free space propagation, scattering, and scintillation of Gaussian and uniform beam waves. Random processes, weak fluctuation theory, propagation through complex paraxial optical systems.
Prerequisite(s): OPTI 6102 and OPTI 6104 .
Cross-listed as: OPTI 8242 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6244 - High Speed Photonics and Optical Instrumentation
Credit Hours: (3)
Study of instrumentation used for generation, detection, and manipulation of light in optical circuits. Topics include: ultrashort pulse generation, photon-phonon interactions, 2nd & 3rd harmonic generation, squeezed light, optical tweezers, OPO, electro-optic modulators, selective polarizers, optical switches, amplifiers, multiplexing and mixing schemes, and application of CCD and CMOS cameras and detectors.
Prerequisite(s): OPTI 6103 and OPTI 6104 .
Cross-listed as: OPTI 8244 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6261 - Modern Coherence Theory
Credit Hours: (3)
Stochastic processes. Second order coherence of scalar and vector wavefields, radiation and states of coherence. Quantum wavefields.
Prerequisite(s): OPTI 6102 and OPTI 6104 .
Cross-listed as: OPTI 8261 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2016, Fall 2013
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6271 - Advanced Physical Optics
Credit Hours: (3)
Advanced study of electromagnetic wave propagation, stratified media, physics of geometrical optics, polarization and crystal optics, absorption and dispersion, interference, propagation and diffraction.
Prerequisite(s): OPTI 6101 , OPTI 6102 , and OPTI 6104 .
Cross-listed as: OPTI 8271 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6281 - Modern Optics Laboratory
Credit Hours: (3)
Selected experiments in areas of modern optics such as fiber optics, interferometry, spectroscopy, polarization, optical metrology, and holography. Six laboratory hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): OPTI 6102 .
Cross-listed as: OPTI 8281 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Spring 2013
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6301 - Introduction to Instrumentation and Processing at the Nanoscale
Credit Hours: (3)
Methods of manipulating, engineering, and characterizing nanoscale materials are introduced; applications and principles of their operation are discussed. Students acquire hands-on experience with selected laboratory methods in preparation for dissertation research. Topics include, but are not limited to, scanning probe and electron microscopy methods, cleanroom technology, nanoscale optical and e-beam lithography, nuclear magnetic resonance, mass spectrometry, luminescence methods, interferometry, gel permeation chromatography, surface area analysis, and small-angle x-ray and neutron scattering.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 8301 and NANO 8101 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6302 - Nanoscale Phenomena
Credit Hours: (3)
Nano-optics (near-field optics, limits of lithography masks, nano-dots and nanoscale optical interactions). Nanoscale mechanics. Nanotribology. Biological and biologically-inspired machines.
Cross-listed as: CHEM 6102 , NANO 8102 , and OPTI 8302 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6303 - Collaborative Research Proposal
Credit Hours: (3)
Effective strategies for designing and writing research proposals are presented by program faculty members, and staff from proposal development offices on campus. Students work in teams of 2-3 to prepare an original, interdisciplinary research proposal on a topic in nanoscale science. The proposal conforms to regulations of a selected funding agency and must address a topic that is supported by that agency. Each team consults regularly with a panel of 2-3 faculty members who collectively approve the proposal topic, provide feedback during the development of the proposal, and ultimately evaluate the proposal. The course is designed to increase the ability of students to relate research ideas to fundamental concepts in science and engineering, to help students learn to develop effective methods of presenting ideas and defending them, to help students develop self confidence in their abilities to present and defend ideas, and to improve oral and written communication skills.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 8303 and NANO 8203 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6341 - Applied Quantum Mechanics
Credit Hours: (3)
Principles of non-relativistic wave mechanics. The Schrodinger equation, linear harmonic oscillator and WKB approximation. Central forces and angular momentum. The hydrogen atom. Applications of quantum mechanics in materials and optics.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 8341 and PHYS 6141 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6371 - Solid State Materials
Credit Hours: (3)
Crystal structure. Electromagnetic, electron, mechanical, and elastic wave interactions with crystals. Theory of X-ray diffraction. Energy band theory of metals and semiconductors. Optical properties of solids, phase transitions, and amorphous solids. Quantum mechanics of covalent bonding, phonon excitation, and thermal energy.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 8371 and PHYS 6271 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6381 - Engineering Metrology
Credit Hours: (3)
Introduction to metrology and standards. Uncertainty, precision and accuracy in metrology. Measurement of size and form, computational methods in measurement of form. Measurement of surface texture and out of roundness. Machine tool and robot accuracy and calibration. Evaluation of screw threads and gears. Introduction to design of precision instruments.
Prerequisite(s): MEGR 3282 or equivalent.
Cross-listed as: MEGR 6181 , MEGR 8181 , and OPTI 8381 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6384 - Advanced Surface Metrology
Credit Hours: (3)
Constituents of surface texture, stylus, optical, atomic force microscope and other advanced methods of measuring surface texture. Two and three dimensional measurement of surfaces. Separation of form, waviness and roughness. Random process analysis techniques, use of transforms for filtering. Numerical evaluation of surface texture. Use of surface texture as fingerprint of the process. Relationship between function and surface texture.
Prerequisite(s): OPTI 6381 , OPTI 8381 , or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed as: MEGR 7284 , MEGR 8284 , and OPTI 8384 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6400 - Industrial Internship
Credit Hours: (1-3)
Full- or part-time academic year internship in optical science/optical engineering complementary to the major course of studies and designed to allow theoretical and course-based practical learning to be applied in a supervised industrial experience. Requires a mid-term report and final report to be graded by the supervising faculty.
Restriction(s): Completion of 9 credit hours of graduate coursework and permission of program director.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 8400 .
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6610 - Seminar
Credit Hours: (1)
Utilizing library resources, materials, and research tools. Using presentation software and developing presentation skills for effective technical presentations. Patents and technology transfer. Ethical issues in science and engineering. Current topics in optics.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 8610 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6611 - Graduate Colloquium
Credit Hours: (1)
Students present seminars on current topics in optical science and engineering.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 8611 .
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6800 - Independent Study
Credit Hours: (1-3)
Independent study pursued by the student, or a group of students, under the direction of a professor.
Restriction(s): Permission of the Optics Program Director.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 8800 .
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit up to 6 credits.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 6991 - Thesis Research
Credit Hours: (1-3)
Research for the thesis.
Restriction(s): Admission to candidacy.
Grading Method: Graded on a Pass/Unsatisfactory basis.
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit up to 18 credits.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8000 - Selected Topics in Optics
Credit Hours: (3)
Selected topics in optics from areas such as medical optics, adaptive optics, all optical networks, etc.
Restriction(s): Permission of Optics Program Director.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 6000 .
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8101 - Mathematical Methods of Optical Science and Engineering
Credit Hours: (3)
A comprehensive look at those mathematical techniques important to the understanding of optical phenomena. Includes vector algebra and calculus, matrix theory, Fourier series and transforms, complex analysis, solution of boundary value problems in partial differential equations, and special functions. Topical coverage emphasizes applications specific to the field of optics.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 6101 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8102L - Geometrical Optics Lab
Credit Hours: (1)
Selected experiments in areas of geometrical optics such as index of refraction measurement, dispersing and reflecting prisms, spherical mirrors and thin lenses, imaging, optical instruments, aberration, fiber optics, and fringe projection profilometry.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 6102L .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8103 - Light Sources and Detectors
Credit Hours: (3)
Photon statistics and thermal light. Interactions of photons with atoms. Population inversion, lasing threshold, and resonator modes. Mode-locked and Q-switched lasers. Semiconductor photon sources including light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and laser diodes. Quantum-confined structures, materials, and devices. Thermal sources. Light extraction. Light detectors including photoconductive, photovoltaic and avalanche photodiodes. Noise in light sources and detectors.
Prerequisite(s): OPTI 8211 or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 6103 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8104 - Electromagnetic Waves
Credit Hours: (3)
Optical phenomena that are explicitly associated with the electromagnetic nature of light. Includes an introduction to Maxwell’s equations, and electromagnetic waves. Polarization and the Jones calculus. Energy and momentum conservation, boundary conditions and Fresnel equations. Waves in anisotropic (birefringent) and complex media. Modulation and deflection of optical beams (principles of acousto-optics and electro-optic devices). Propagation at interfaces, waveguides, and plasmons. Electromagnetic potentials and multipole radiation, scattering of light, and interaction with metallic nanoparticles.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 6104 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8105 - Optical Properties of Materials
Credit Hours: (3)
Electromagnetic wave propagation in dielectrics, semiconductors and metals. Dipole oscillator model, complex dielectric constants, and Kramers-Kronig relationship. Crystal structures and optical anisotropy. Reciprocal space and density of states. Electronic band structure. Quantum theory of radiative absorption and emission, selection rules. Direct and indirect interband absorption. Free-carrier absorption in metals and doped semiconductors. Free excitons and Frenkel excitons. Photo- and electroluminescence in semiconductors. Optical absorption and emission in quantum wells and quantum dots, and quantum Stark effect. Second and third-order optical nonlinearities.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 6105 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8106 - Principles of Physical Optics
Credit Hours: (3)
The Fourier transform and its role in wave optics. Wave properties of light, superposition of waves, angular spectrum of plane waves, relation to ray optics, Gaussian beams, periodic structures and surfaces, Fresnel diffraction, spatial filtering diffraction, interference and interferometers (two, multibeam, Fabry-Perot), polarization, temporal and spatial coherence, holography, imaging and resolution.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 6106 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Spring 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8106L - Physical Optics Lab
Credit Hours: (2)
Selected experiments in areas of physical optics such as interference in thin films, Fabry-Perot, Michelson & Twyman-Green interferometers, polarization and diffraction of light. By the end of this course, students are asked to design and implement a mini project that includes geometrical and physical optics concepts.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 6106L .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Spring 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8201 - Fourier Optics and Holography
Credit Hours: (3)
Principles of scalar, Fresnel, and Fraunhofer diffraction theory. Coherent optical data processing. Optical filtering and data processing. Holography.
Prerequisite(s): OPTI 8102 and OPTI 8104 .
Cross-listed as: OPTI 6201 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8202 - Fundamentals of Biomedical Optics
Credit Hours: (3)
Basic principles underlying tissue optics, laser-tissue interactions, and optical imaging, microscopy, and spectroscopy for medical applications.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 6202 and PHYS 6202 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8203 - Metamaterials
Credit Hours: (3)
Metamaterials describes a new field of engineered materials having subwavelength structures, and which have electromagnetic properties not found in nature. Examples include zero and negative index materials which lead to some new applications. Metamaterials are made from “meta-atoms” which are much smaller than the wavelength of the radiation. Meta-atoms are LCR circuits having strong resonant behavior over some chosen bandwidth. The distribution of many such atoms and their mutual interaction determine the bulk metamaterial’s properties. Describing these properties draws from electromagnetics, antenna design, atomic and molecular physics and condensed matter physics. At increasingly small scales (i.e., at the nanoscale), both quantum and plasmonic phenomena can play a role.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 6203 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8205 - Advanced Optical Materials
Credit Hours: (3)
Molecular optical materials including fabrication methods. Luminescence centers; quenching. Nonlinear optics, including higher order terms of the susceptibility tensor. Photonic crystals.
Prerequisite(s): OPTI 8104 and OPTI 8105 ; or ECGR 6133 or ECGR 8133 .
Cross-listed as: OPTI 6205 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8206 - Physical Optics Design and Simulation
Credit Hours: (3)
Design and simulation of optical components and systems using scalar and vector wave propagation, diffraction, and interference. The course is intended to complement OPTI 8241 , which focuses on optical lens and system design using geometrical ray-tracing.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 6206 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Spring 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8211 - Introduction to Modern Optics
Credit Hours: (3)
Fourier analysis and holography, Coherence. Introduction to light production and detection. Optical modulation, including EO effect, Kerr effect, amplitude modulation, magnetooptic effect, photoelastic effect, and acousto-optic effect. Introduction to nonlinear optics. Photonic switching.
Prerequisite(s): OPTI 6102 or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 8211.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Spring 2014, Spring 2013
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8212 - Integrated Photonics
Credit Hours: (3)
Theory and application of optical waveguides, free-space micro-optics, and integrated photonic devices. Fabrication and integration techniques, including motivations for choice of approach (hybrid vs. monolithic, materials, size, performance, etc). Modeling and simulation. Students will be required to work with mathematical packages such as Matlab and/or Mathematica to illustrate key concepts and to implement beam propagation/optical modeling simulations.
Prerequisite(s): OPTI 8102 and OPTI 8104 .
Cross-listed as: OPTI 6212 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Fall 2014
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8221 - Optical Communications
Credit Hours: (3)
Introduction to optical communications and basic communication block such as lasers, optical modulators, and optical transceivers. Review of fibers (attenuation, dispersions, etc.). Optical amplifiers. Passive and active photonic components such as tunable lasers and filters. Coherent and incoherent detection. Signal processing, photonic switching, and point-to-point links / connections.
Prerequisite(s): OPTI 8102 and OPTI 8103 .
Cross-listed as: OPTI 6221 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8222 - Optical Communication Networks
Credit Hours: (3)
Optical signal coding, multiplexing and demultiplexing. Time-domain medium access (TDM (SONET) and TDMA), wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM and WDMA). Optical networks, add-drop multiplexing (OADM), switching and routing technologies, Dispersion management. Optical clock and timing recovery. Optical amplification, wavelength conversion, transport, and networking protocols. Broadband ISDN concepts. Access, metro, and long-haul network topologies.
Prerequisite(s): OPTI 8221 .
Cross-listed as: OPTI 6222 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8241 - Optical System Function and Design
Credit Hours: (3)
Advanced study of telescopes, microscopes, cameras, off-axis imaging systems, stops, apertures, multiple lenses, use and selection of ray trace computer codes.
Prerequisite(s): OPTI 8102 .
Cross-listed as: OPTI 6241 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8242 - Optical Propagation in Inhomogeneous Media
Credit Hours: (3)
Advanced study of free space propagation, scattering, and scintillation of Gaussian and uniform beam waves. Random processes, weak fluctuation theory, propagation through complex paraxial optical systems.
Prerequisite(s): OPTI 8102 and OPTI 8104 .
Cross-listed as: OPTI 6242 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8244 - High Speed Photonics and Optical Instrumentation
Credit Hours: (3)
Study of instrumentation used for generation, detection, and manipulation of light in optical circuits. Topics include: ultrashort pulse generation, photon-phonon interactions, 2nd & 3rd harmonic generation, squeezed light, optical tweezers, OPO, electro-optic modulators, selective polarizers, optical switches, amplifiers, multiplexing and mixing schemes, and application of CCD and CMOS cameras and detectors.
Prerequisite(s): OPTI 8103 and OPTI 8104 .
Cross-listed as: OPTI 6244 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8261 - Modern Coherence Theory
Credit Hours: (3)
Stochastic processes. Second order coherence of scalar and vector wavefields, radiation and states of coherence. Quantum wavefields.
Prerequisite(s): OPTI 8102 and OPTI 8104 .
Cross-listed as: OPTI 6261 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2016, Fall 2013
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8271 - Advanced Physical Optics
Credit Hours: (3)
Advanced study of electromagnetic wave propagation, stratified media, physics of geometrical optics, polarization and crystal optics, absorption and dispersion, interference, propagation and diffraction.
Prerequisite(s): OPTI 8101 , OPTI 8102 , and OPTI 8104 .
Cross-listed as: OPTI 6271 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8281 - Modern Optics Laboratory
Credit Hours: (3)
Selected experiments in areas of modern optics such as fiber optics, interferometry, spectroscopy, polarization, optical metrology, and holography. Six laboratory hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): OPTI 8102 .
Cross-listed as: OPTI 6281 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Spring 2013
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8301 - Introduction to Instrumentation and Processing at the Nanoscale
Credit Hours: (3)
Methods of manipulating, engineering, and characterizing nanoscale materials are introduced; applications and principles of their operation are discussed. Students acquire hands-on experience with selected laboratory methods in preparation for dissertation research. Topics include, but are not limited to, scanning probe and electron microscopy methods, cleanroom technology, nanoscale optical and e-beam lithography, nuclear magnetic resonance, mass spectrometry, luminescence methods, interferometry, gel permeation chromatography, surface area analysis, and small-angle x-ray and neutron scattering.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 6301 and NANO 8101 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8302 - Nanoscale Phenomena
Credit Hours: (3)
Nano-optics (near-field optics, limits of lithography masks, nano-dots and nanoscale optical interactions). Nanoscale mechanics. Nanotribology. Biological and biologically-inspired machines.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 6302 , CHEM 6102 , and NANO 8102 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8303 - Collaborative Research Proposal
Credit Hours: (3)
Effective strategies for designing and writing research proposals are presented by program faculty members, and staff from proposal development offices on campus. Students work in teams of 2-3 to prepare an original, interdisciplinary research proposal on a topic in nanoscale science. The proposal conforms to regulations of a selected funding agency and must address a topic that is supported by that agency. Each team consults regularly with a panel of 2-3 faculty members who collectively approve the proposal topic, provide feedback during the development of the proposal, and ultimately evaluate the proposal. The course is designed to increase the ability of students to relate research ideas to fundamental concepts in science and engineering, to help students learn to develop effective methods of presenting ideas and defending them, to help students develop self confidence in their abilities to present and defend ideas, and to improve oral and written communication skills.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 6303 and NANO 8203 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8341 - Applied Quantum Mechanics
Credit Hours: (3)
Principles of non-relativistic wave mechanics. The Schrodinger equation, linear harmonic oscillator and WKB approximation. Central forces and angular momentum. The hydrogen atom. Applications of quantum mechanics in materials and optics.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 6341 and PHYS 6141 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8371 - Solid State Materials
Credit Hours: (3)
Crystal structure. Electromagnetic, electron, mechanical, and elastic wave interactions with crystals. Theory of X-ray diffraction. Energy band theory of metals and semiconductors. Optical properties of solids, phase transitions, and amorphous solids. Quantum mechanics of covalent bonding, phonon excitation, and thermal energy.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 6371 and PHYS 6271 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8381 - Engineering Metrology
Credit Hours: (3)
Introduction to metrology and standards. Uncertainty, precision and accuracy in metrology. Measurement of size and form, computational methods in measurement of form. Measurement of surface texture and out of roundness. Machine tool and robot accuracy and calibration. Evaluation of screw threads and gears. Introduction to design of precision instruments.
Cross-listed as: MEGR 6181 , MEGR 8181 , and OPTI 6381 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8384 - Advanced Surface Metrology
Credit Hours: (3)
Constituents of surface texture, stylus, optical, atomic force microscope and other advanced methods of measuring surface texture. Two and three dimensional measurement of surfaces. Separation of form, waviness and roughness. Random process analysis techniques, use of transforms for filtering. Numerical evaluation of surface texture. Use of surface texture as fingerprint of the process. Relationship between function and surface texture.
Prerequisite(s): OPTI 6381 , OPTI 8381 , or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed as: MEGR 7284 , MEGR 8284 , and OPTI 6384 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8400 - Industrial Internship
Credit Hours: (1-3)
Full- or part-time academic year internship in optical science/optical engineering complementary to the major course of studies and designed to allow theoretical and course-based practical learning to be applied in a supervised industrial experience. Requires a mid-term report and final report to be graded by the supervising faculty.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of nine hours of graduate coursework and permission of program director.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 6400 .
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8610 - Seminar
Credit Hours: (1)
Utilizing library resources, materials, and research tools. Using presentation software and developing presentation skills for effective technical presentations. Patents and technology transfer. Ethical issues in science and engineering. Current topics in optics.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 6610 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8611 - Graduate Colloquium
Credit Hours: (1)
Students present seminars on current topics in optical science and engineering.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 6611 .
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8800 - Independent Study
Credit Hours: (1-3)
Independent study pursued by the student, or a group of students, under the direction of a professor.
Restriction(s): Permission of the Optics Program Director.
Cross-listed as: OPTI 6800 .
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit up to 6 credits.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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OPTI 8991 - Dissertation Research
Credit Hours: (1-3)
Research for the dissertation.
Restriction(s): Admission to candidacy.
Grading Method: Graded on a Pass/Unsatisfactory basis.
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit up to 45 credits.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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