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Modern Optics Project Laboratory

Undergraduate · Historical course

Fall 2005

Topics

  • Reflection, Refraction, Snell’s Law, Critical Angle, Brewster’s Angle, Reflection and Transmission Coefficients
  • Begin Lab 3 Fresnel and Fraunhofer Diffraction from Various Apertures and Objects
  • Longitudinal and Transverse Electro-optic Modulators
  • Types of Dispersion, Bit Rate, Optical Fibers
  • Begin Lab 7
  • Begin Projects
  • Laboratory Project Presentations

Readings

  • Goodman, Joseph W. Introduction to Fourier Optics . 3rd ed. Englewood, CO: Roberts and Co., 2005. ISBN: 0974707724.
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  • Yariv, Amnon. Optical Electronics in Modern Communications . 5th ed. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1997. ISBN: 0195106261.
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  • Saleh, B., and M. Teich. Fundamentals of Photonics . New York, NY: Wiley, 1991. ISBN: 0471839655.
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  • Hecht, E. Optics . 4th ed. Reading, MA: Addison Wesley, 2002. ISBN: 0805385665.
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  • Born, M., and E. Wolf. Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light _._ 5th ed. New York, NY: Pergamon Press, 1975. ISBN: 0080180183
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  • ———. Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light _._ 6th ed. New York, NY: Pergamon Press, 1980. ISBN: 0080264816.
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  • ———. Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light _._ 7th ed. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1999. ISBN: 0521639212.
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  • Jenkins, F. A., and H. E. White. Fundamentals of Optics . 4th ed. New York, NY: McGraw Hill, 1976. ISBN: 0070323305.
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Sources