APPLIED OPTICS

ECE 434

Introduction to ray optics, physical optics and interference, applications of Fourier optics, absorption, dispersion, and polarization of light. Light sources, including lasers (gas, solid state, and semiconductor), modulation and detection of light.

PHYSICS 325

Classical and modern optics, including imaging, polarization optics, optical telescopes, optical microscopes, interference and interferometers, optical fibers and fiber-optic communication, optical resonators, lasers, optical modulators, introduction to quantum and nonlinear optics. Concepts covered in lecture reinforced by weekly laboratory experiments.

ECE 747

Optics/photonics at nanometer and micrometer length scales, including EM waves in dielectrics and metals, computational electromagnetics, waveguides and waveguide coupling, optical resonators, basic nanofabrication techniques, thin-film interference, surface-plasmon polaritons, localized surface-plasmon resonances, applications of plasmonics, super-resolution imaging, photonic crystals, composite materials and metamaterials, metasurfaces. Knowledge of Maxwell's equation and basic ray/wave optics, as would typically be obtained from junior-level or higher electromagnetics or optics courses [such asE C E 320orE C E 434], is strongly encouraged.

BME 751

The study and use of light in the life sciences. Interactions of light with cells and tissue can be used for imaging, measurement, diagnosis, and therapy. Applications include optical imaging, endoscopy, microscopy, resolution enhancement, adaptive optics, Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), quantitative phase microscopy, spectroscopy (fluorescence, elastic scattering), diffuse optical tomography, and computational modeling of light transport in tissue. Fundamental skills, concepts, and theory used for these applications include geometric optics, lens design, Fourier transforms, polarization, interference, coherence, and scattering theory. Particular emphasis will be placed on current literature and cutting edge instruments and methods.

BME 651

Learn and apply the fundamentals of optical imaging, microscopy and instrumentation via practical hands-on training with a specific emphasis on the life-sciences applications. Topics include constructing imaging systems using fundamental optical tools and instruments, illumination and aberrations, microscopy techniques, resolution and contrast measurement, optical spectroscopy, nanophotonics, bioimaging and biosensing.