302888 (v.1) Applied Physics 504

Area:

Department of Applied Physics

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

4.0

Lecture:

2 x 1 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

Connections between optics and electromagnetism. Optical properties of materials. Normal and anomalous dispersion. Fresnel's equations. Boundary conditions. Total internal reflection, evanescent wave. Wavefront and amplitude splitting interferometry. Michelson and Fabry-Perot instrumentation. Applications. Diffraction and aperture optics, Fourier transforms, Fourier optics, Fourier spectroscopy. Coherence, fringe visibility, stimulated emission, population inversion, optical pumping, cavity oscillators, intracavity elements, Q-switching, laser systems - solid state, dye, diode, diode pumped, gas, excimer. Jones vector and matrices, Stokes vectors, Mueller matrices, polarising systems. Optical modulators, Kerr and Pockels cells, Faraday rotation, Kerr cell. Fibre optics, optical sources and detectors, holography.

Unit Outcomes:

On successful completion of this unit students will have gained an understanding of the origin of optical properties of materials, gained an in depth understanding of a range of optical phenomena, an appreciation of the information content in optical systems, and developed skills in the quantitative analysis of optical systems.

Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.

Unit References:

No prescribed references.

Unit Texts:

Hecht, E., 2002, 'Optics', Addison-Wesley, Reading.

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

Two (2) assignments (15% each) 30%. Project 20%. Final Examination 50%.

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y