7911 (v.7) Applied Optics 302

Area:

Department of Applied Physics

Credits:

12.5

Contact Hours:

2.0

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Lecture:

2 x 1 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

1737 (v.3) Particles and Waves 101 or any previous version
AND
1744 (v.3) Structure of Matter 102 or any previous version
AND
8648 (v.3) Mathematical Methods 201 or any previous version

Co Requisite(s):

8717 (v.5) Electromagnetism 202

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. Additional topics - fibre optics, optical sources and detectors, holography.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

10300 Physics and Astronomy (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Informational

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

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Central External	refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area