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ECE4500
Optical Engineering (3-0-3)
- Prerequisites
- ECE 3025 [min C]
- Corequisites
- None
- Catalog Description
- Introduction to applications of geometric & physical optics to engineering, including optical measurements, matrix methods, instruments, interference, holography, beam optics, Fourier optics & diffraction.
- Textbook(s)
- F. L. Pedrotti, L. S. Pedrotti & L. M. Pedrotti, Introduction to Optics (3rd edition), Prentice Hall, 2007. ISBN 9780131499331 (required)
- Topical Outline
Optical Sources and Measurements Introduction Blackbody Radiator Line Sources / Light Emitting Diodes (LED) Lasers Coherence (Spatial Coherence/Temporal Coherence) Radiometry / Photometry Geometrical Optics (Image Formation) Introduction Prisms Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface Thin and Thick Lenses Optical Components Lenses, Mirrors, Prisms, Beam Splitters Aberrations in Optical Systems Optical Instruments Fiber Optics Wave Optics Polarized Light Reflection and Refraction Brewster's Angle Interference Diffraction Fraunhoffer Fresnel Grating Diffraction Laser Doppler Velicometer Optics of Transformations Optical Fourier Transforms Holography Production of Holograms Holographic Nondestructive Testing Optical Data Processing Pattern Recognition Image Enhancement Optical Memories Light and Matter Birefringence Electro-optic, Magneto-optic and Acousto-optic Devices Optical Detectors Optical Recording Materials Optical Displays Alphanumeric Displays Image Displays Optical Communications Systems terials Optical Displays Alphanumeric Displays Image Displays Optical Communications
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