OPSE 301
OPSE 301 - Introduction to Optical Science and Engineering
Prerequisites: Phys 121. Laboratory and lecture introduces optics and photonics principles with their elementary applications for applied physics, engineering, computer science, or biology majors. Topics include speed at light, reflection, refraction, geometric optics, interference and interferometry, polarization, dispersion, birefringence, fiber-optics, diffraction, introduction to spectroscopy and ray tracing.
OPTIONAL MIDTERM and FINAL REVIEW Sessions: Posted on DUE DATES calendar
WEBEX video of Fall 2021
Review for Midterm-PartA, review for Midterm-Part B
Wk7 Lecture-part A (online due to storm)
Lab 5 SOLUTIONS - Recorded class notes for 11/18/2021
Lab 13 - Instructions for Data Analysis - Recorded class notes for 11/18/2021
Week 12 - part 2 - Diffraction Lecture and examples
WEBEX videos of Fall 2020 Lectures
NOTE: These videos were taken during Fall 2021. Some of the material covered in these videos is NOT covered in 2021.
Likewise, Some of the material which you are responsible for in Fall 2021 is NOT covered in these videos.
Wk 1-A , Wk1-B and Wk2-A , Wk2-cont with beginning of BEAM4 Notes , Beam4-Notes (continued)
Wk 3-A, Wk 3-B, Wk 4-A, Wk4-B, Wk5-A, Wk5-B
Lab5-Introduction Video, Analyzing Lab 5 Data using Excel , Analyzing Lab 5 data with MATLAB
Week6-Part A, Week6-PartB, Week6-PartC, Week7-PartA, Week7-PartB
Review for Midterm, Review of Labs 5 and 11 for Midterm
Week 10 Part A, Week 10 Part B, Week 10 Part C
Week 12 Par A, Week 12 Part B, Week 13 Part A, Week 13 Part B
Lab 10 - Instructional Video - Part A, Lab 10 - Instructional Video - Part B
Review-Final exam-part A, Review-Final Exam-part B, Review Final Exam - Part C
Laboratories for OPSE 301
Lab 2: Index of Refraction, Total Internal Reflection, and Critical Angle
Lab 3-PHY: Wave Plates and Polarization of Light
Lab 3-BME: Chirality and Polarization of Light
Lab 5: Absorption of Light by an Organic Dye
Lab 7: Detection of Light
Lab 11: Ray Tracing
Lab 12: Light Sources - Monochrometers and Light Sources
Lab 13: Michelson Interferometer
Lab 14: Fiber Optics/ Vibration Sensor