- Course Code
- EG 3585
- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Prof J Watson
Pre-requisites
Notes
Available only to students following an Honours degree programme. This course is not available during session 2010/11.
Overview
Proposed content: The photonics system; Introduction to wave optics; Introduction to geometric optics; Laser theory; Laser engineering (optical cavities, pumping, population inversion, output power etc); Laser types (diode, solid state, gas, excimer, fibre, tuneable etc); Laser properties (monochromaticity, coherence, beam divergence and profiles, irradiance, focusing ability etc); Laser refinements (Q-switching, frequency-doubling, diode pumping etc); Laser safety; CASE STUDY: design of a solid state laser; Modern photonics components (SLMs, LCDs, HOEs etc); Photodetectors (junction diodes, thermal, photomultipliers, CCD, CMOS etc).
Structure
2 one-hour lectures and 1 one-hour tutorial per week and also 18 hours of design work in total.
Assessment
1st Attempt: 1 three-hour written examination (80%); continuous assessment (20%).
Resit: 1 three-hour examination (100%).