Credits: 3
Semesters Offered
Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023
TestudoLearning Objectives
- Understand techniques of optical system analysis
- Apply industry-standard design software (Code-V) to optical system design
- Understand, select, and specify optical materials and passive components
- Understand, select, and apply appropriate optical sources in system design
- Understand, select, and apply appropriate optical detectors in system design
- Understand, analyze, and optimize the performance of optical receivers
- In a team-based project design a practical optical system
- Present the team-based design in interim and final reports and final oral presentation
Topics Covered
- Ray optics
- Code-V optical design software
- Wave optics in isotropic media
- Optical instruments
- Aberrations
- Wave optics in anisotropic media
- Fiber optics
- Optical sources
- Optical detectors
- Optical systems
- Opto-mechanical design, project feasibility, manufacturability, cost estimation
- Safety issues related to laser radiation
- Design documentation