Modern Optics Project Laboratory, Fall 2002

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Author:

Warde, Cardinal

Subject:

Science and Technology

Institution Name:

M.I.T.

Collection:

MIT OpenCourseWare

Grade Level:

Post-secondary

Abstract:

Lectures, laboratory exercises, and projects in modern optics. Topics: polarization properties of light, reflection and refraction, coherence and interference, Fraunhofer and Fresnel diffraction, imaging and transforming properties of lenses, spatial filtering, coherent optical processors, holography, optical properties of materials, lasers, nonlinear optics, electro-optic and acousto-optic materials and devices, optical detectors, fiber optics, and optical communication. Students may use this subject to find an advanced undergraduate project and/or to satisfy Phase II of the writing requirement.

Languages:

English

Material Type:

Full Course, Homework and Assignments, Syllabi

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