ECEN 4106- Photonics
Elective - 3 credit hours
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Catalog Description: Photonics deals with the generation, transmission, modification, and detection of light. Applications include fiber optics communications, data storage, sensing, and imaging. The goal is to understand the fundamental physical principles used in the analysis and design of modern photonic systems.
Prerequisites: ECEN 3300, Linear Systems, and PHYS 2130, General Physics 3
Textbook: M. Young, Optics and Lasers, Springer-Verlag.
Course Objective: To provide a basic understanding of applied optics and optical instrumentation for the senior level of electrical engineering majors. This foundation should allow students to take advanced courses in this area or work in optics and applied optics.
Topics:
- Optical instrumentation including interference and diffraction, polarization, holography, and introduction to nonlinear optics.
- Geometrical ray tracing and optical lens design.
Class Schedule: 3 hours of lecture per week
Contribution of course to meeting Criterion 4, the professional component: This course provides 3 semester hours of electrical engineering topics consisting of engineering sciences and engineering design.
Relationship of course to program outcomes: This course is not required and is not included in outcomes assessment.
Prepared by: Vincent Heuring
June 29, 2005
