Three special interdisciplinary courses are offered as part of this program which will be taught by expert researchers in this field. Students not participating in the Certificate program will be allowed to register for the photonics courses, subject to available space. Participants in the program will have top priority in registration for these courses.
Photonics 1
has the following three segments:
Fourier optics (holograms, image
processing, and lens characterization)
Crystal Optics (Birefringence,
electro-optics, and acousto-optics)
Waveguide Optics (fiber optics
and modern telecommunications)
Students will also perform a computer aided design of an optical system.
Photonics 2 has
the following three segments:
Nonlinear Optics (three and four
wave mixing, and ultrafast lasers)
Semiconductor Optics
(semiconductor
nanostructures and detectors)
Statistical Optics (quantum
statistics
of photons, advanced spectroscopic methods, and light scattering)
Photonics lab has
the following three segments:
Computer-aided lens design using
OSLO
High-power lasers hands-on lab
(laser safety, pulsed lasers, frequency conversion)
Fiber Optics hands-on lab
(alignment, characterization, etched Bragg gratings)
In addition, a regular seminar series will be held with lectures by representatives of the Photonics world from industry and academia. Students in the certificate program begin attending these lectures in their junior year.
You must take Physics 1361 or
an equivalent course in
optics before taking Photonics 1, Photonics 2, or Photonics Lab.
Advanced undergraduates and
graduate students may have these prerequisites waived by permission of
the instructor.
Photonics 0 (the seminar series) is cross listed as Physics 0177, Chemistry 1750, and Electrical Engineering 1248
Photonics 1 is cross listed as Physics 1363, Chemistry 1470, and Electrical Engineering 1240.
Photonics 2 is cross listed as
Physics
1364, Chemistry 1472, and Electrical Engineering 1241..
Photonics lab is cross listed
as
Physics
1365 (Chemistry and EE numbers TBA).