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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. |
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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. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | No prescribed references. |
Unit Texts: | Hecht, E., 2002, 'Optics', Addison-Wesley, Reading. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Two (2) assignments (15% each) 30%. Project 20%. Final Examination 50%. |
Field of Education: | 10300 Physics and Astronomy (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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