OPE 451 - OPTOELECTRONICS
Semester Hours: 3
Basic concepts for understanding electro-optic devices and systems. Blackbody radiation; light sources; quantum and thermal detector, noise in detectors; optical heterodyning; acoustooptic, magneto-optic, and electro-optic modulation. (Same as EE 451)
Prerequisites: EE 307 and EE 315.
OPE 453 - LASER SYSTEMS
Semester Hours: 3
Spontaneous and stimulated emission, population inversion, optical resonators, three- and four-level systems, Q-switching and mode-locking, semiconductor lasers, integrated optic waveguides and couplers, scanning systems, high-power industrial application.
Prerequisites: EE 307.
OPE 454 - OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATIONS
Semester Hours: 3
Introduction to optical fibers and their transmission characteristics, optical fiber measurements, sources and detectors, noise considerations for digital and analog communications, optical fiber systems. (Same as EE 454)
Prerequisites: (EE 307 or PH 432) and (EE 382 or CPE 381).
OPE 456 - PHOTONICS LABORATORY
Semester Hours: 3
Photonic devices, wave nature of light, diffraction, spectral measurements, refractive index, single mode and multimode optical fibers, simple optical communication systems, fiber optic sensors, cast study.
Prerequisites: OPE 451.
OPE 459 - OPTICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN I
Semester Hours: 3
Identification, documentation, and presentation of proposed senior design project, followed by initial project design, analysis, and development, including the consideration of legal economic, and ethical issues.
Prerequisites: ISE 321 and OPE 456.