Overview of techniques for using the SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope) and Scanning Probe (AFM, STM) and analyzing data. Students perform independent lab projects by semester's end.

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This course covers the topics in modern quantum theory which are relevant to atomic physics, radiation theory, and quantum optics. The theory is developed in terms of Hilbert space operators. The quantum mechanics of simple systems, including the harmonic oscillator, spin, and the one-electron atoms, are reviewed. Finally, methods of calculation useful in modern quantum optics are discussed. These include manipulation of coherent states, the Bloch spere representation, and conventional perturbation theory. Prerequisite: One course in undergraduate wave mechanics or permission of instructor. References: Cohen-Tannoudji, Diu and Laloe, Merzbacher, Schiff, Dirac.

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Optical properties of materials, primarily via interaction of light with materials’ electrons and phonons. Excitons, plasmons, polaritons. Optical processes: reflection, refraction, absorption, scattering, Raman scattering (spontaneous and stimulated), light emission (spontaneous and stimulated). Kramers-Kronig relations. Electrooptic effects and optical nonlinearities in solids. Plasmonics. Emphasizes semiconductors; metals and insulators, and gases also discussed.

BUILDING: WILMT | ROOM: 116

PREREQUISITES: Undergraduate Quantum Mechanics

Color Technology is more than just pigments, dyes, paints, and textiles. Everywhere in modern technology (smart phones, tablets, displays, lighting, cinema, printers, etc.) is the need for a basic understanding of how we measure, identify, communicate, specify, and render color from one device to another. This course addresses color order systems, color spaces, color measurement, color difference, additive and subtractive color, and rendering of color images. The student will learn about color matching, lighting conditions, metamerism, and color constancy. At the semester’s end, each student will have compiled a Color Toolbox with useful functions to derive different necessary color values within MatLab.

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An introduction to the electronic structure of extended materials systems from both a chemical bonding and a condensed matter physics perspective. The course will discuss materials of all length scales from individual molecules to macroscopic three-dimensional crystals, but will focus on zero, one, and two dimensional inorganic materials at the nanometer scale. Specific topics include semiconductor nanocrystals, quantum wires, carbon nanotubes, and conjugated polymers. Two weekly lectures of 75 minutes each. Cross listed with OPT 429. (Spring).

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PREREQUISITES: CHM 251 or an equivalent course on introductory quantum mechanics

The mechanical design and analysis of optical components and systems will be studied. Topics will include kinematic mounting of optical elements, the analysis of adhesive bonds, and the influence of environmental effects such as gravity, temperature, and vibration on the performance of optical systems. Additional topics include analysis of adaptive optics, the design of lightweight mirrors, thermo-optic and stress-optic (stress birefringence) effects. Emphasis will be placed on integrated analysis which includes the data transfer between optical design codes and mechanical FEA codes. A term project is required for ME 432.

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You will be given a first-hand working knowledge of optical glasses, their properties, and the methods for specifying, manufacturing and testing high quality optical components. Lectures emphasize the optical and physical properties of glass, and how these influence the grinding and polishing process. Conventional fixed/loose abrasive grinding and pitch polishing are examined. New concepts for optical manufacturing are covered. The meaning of specifications will be reviewed. The laboratory portion of the course exposes you to abrasive grits, slurries, pitch polishing and the vagarious nature of the conventional polishing process. Glass types and part shapes are assigned to illustrate the degree of difficulty required to achieve optical quality surfaces with hand and machine operations. In-process metrology is performed with a variety of instruments.

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Freeform optics is an emerging technology that a broad industry community anticipates will permeate optical systems of the future. This course will define and reveal the history of freeform optics. After an overview on freeform optics that will span design, fabrication and optical testing, the course will then review the theory of optical aberrations for rotationally symmetric system with an emphasis on the field dependence of the aberrations, before introducing Nodal Aberration Theory that was developed in the 1980s for systems that depart from rotational symmetry. Design concepts will then be presented, including the aberrations of freeform optics. Examples of freeform optics designs will be presented. The sensitivity of freeform optics systems to misalignment and form errors will then be discussed. Guest lectures on the mathematics of freeform optics for manufacture, and optical fabrication and testing will be included as possible.

BUILDING: GRGEN | ROOM: 509

This course provides an in-depth understanding of the principles and practices of optical instrumentation: Optical metrology, including wavefront and surface metrology, interferometric instruments and interferogram analysis, coherence and coherence-based instruments, phase measurement and phase-shifting interferometry; spectroscopic instrumentation, including the Fourier transfrom spectrometer, the Fabry-Perot interferometer, and the grating monochromator; image plane characterization (star test, Ronchi test, and modulation transfer function); the influence of illumination and partial coherence on image forming systems, including microscopes, systems for projection lithography, and displays.

BUILDING: GRGEN | ROOM: 109

PREREQUISITES: OPT 441

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A review of geometrical optics and 3rd order aberration theory. Specification documents. Image assessment: ray intercept plots, wavefront analysis, spot diagrams, MTFs, and point spread functions. Optimization theory, damped least squares, global optimization, merit functions, variables and constraints. Glass, plastic, UV and IR materials. Aspheres, GRINs, and diffractive optics. Secondary spectrum, spherochromatism, higher order aberrations. Induced aberrations. Splitting and compounding lens elements. Aplanats and anastigmats. Refractive design forms: landscape lens, achromatic doublet, Cooke triplet, Double Gauss, Petzval lens, wide angle, telephoto, and eyepieces. Reflective design forms: parabola, Cassegrain, Schmidt, Ritchey Cretian, Gregorian, three mirror anastigmat, and reflective triplet. Computer aided lens design exercises using CodeV - includes a 4-6 week individual lens design project.

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Specialty and custom coatings and their scientific applications and business uses.

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PREREQUISITES: Linear Algebra and Opt 261 (or equivalent)

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How the human eye's optical and neural factors process color and spatial information includes comparison with the design and capabilities of other animals' eyes.

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This is an intensive laboratory course with experiments that likely included the following: 1. Transverse and axial mode structure of a gas laser. 2. Detector calibration using a blackbody. 3. Production of a white light viewable transmission hologram. 4. Acousto-optic modulation. 5. Twyman-Green interferometry. 6. Optical Fibers Laser. 7. The Pockels cell as an optical modulator. 8. Optical beats (heterodyning) and CATV. 9. The YAG laser and second harmonic generation. 10. Fourier optics and optical filtering. 11. Lens Evaluation. 12. Modulation Transfer Function. 13. Applications and properties of pulsed dye laser. 14. Holographic optical elements. 15. Properties of Gaussian beams.

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This course covers topics in electromagnetic theory that serve as a foundation for classical descriptions of many optical phenomena. A partial list of topics includes: review of Maxwell's equations, boundary conditions, and wave equations; polarization of light; crystal optics; vector, scalar, and Hertz potentials; radiation from accelerated charges; electric and magnetic dipole radiation; Lorentz atom description of the interaction of light with matter; scattering; optical waveguides.

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PREREQUISITES: Undergraduate electromagnetic theory, advanced calculus, vector analysis. References: Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics; Born and Wolf, Principles of Optics.

This course provides an up-to-date knowledge of modern laser systems. Topics covered include quantum mechanical treatments to two-level atomic systems, optical gain, homogenous and inhomogenous broadening, laser resonators and their modes, Gaussian beams, cavity design, pumping schemes, rate equations, Q switching, mode-locking, various gas, liquid, and solid-state lasers.

BUILDING: MEL | ROOM: 205

PREREQUISITES: Undergraduate electromagnetic theory and quantum mechanics.

Fundamentals and applications of optical systems based on the nonlinear interaction of light with matter. Topics to be treated include mechanisms of optical nonlinearity, second-harmonic and sum- and difference-frequency generation, photonics and optical logic, optical self-action effects including self-focusing and optical soliton formation, optical phase conjugation, stimulated Brillouin and stimulated Raman scattering, and selection criteria of nonlinear optical materials. References: Robert W. Boyd, Nonlinear Optics, Second Edition.

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Biomedical spectroscopy (absorption, fluorescence, Raman, elastic scattering); propagation of photons in highly scattering media (such as tissue); techniques for high-resolution imaging in biological media: confocal imaging, multiphoton imaging and optical coherence tomography.

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This course provides an opportunity to examine the management practices associated with technical innovation and new business development. The analysis of entrepreneurship is evaluated primarily from the perspective of a start-up venture that requires equity capital investment. Management issues discussed include organizational development, analysis of market opportunities, market engagement, financial planning and control, capitalization, sources of funds, the due-diligence process and valuing the venture. Teams of three to four students will collaborate in the preparation of a business plan. The course will include time for students to share business ideas and identify possible team members. Each team will have a coach who is an experienced businessperson. The coach will be available to provide feedback to the team.

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The course will introduce the development of products under the FDA’s CGMP (current good manufacturing practices) and the ISO 13485 standard for medical devices. The intent is to understand how to use these standards (or the ISO9000 standard for products other than medical devices) to develop products or research systems that meet requirements. The course will emphasize understanding customer and market requirements, which leads to a product requirements document (PRD), and proceeds through concept development, risk and failure analysis, industrial and human factors design considerations, design analysis and manufacturing considerations. The course also presents topics on scheduling, budgeting, patents and intellectual property management. Special note on mobile-app-only development: while app development is popular, the risks and the business models are very unique from a regular hardware-based product development. Therefore, this class will not cover the concepts of app development.

BUILDING: GAVET | ROOM: 301

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The ultrafast science and technology course covers the basic concepts of generation and measurement of ultrashort laser pulses. Advanced applications include optical communication, spectroscopy, nonlinear optics, material processing and medical surgery. Students will learn the design and construction of advanced laser systems in research laboratories at Rochester. The course has in-class lecture and hands-on experiment. Distinguished guest lecturers from academic, industrial and national labs will also present their recent results in this course.

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This course will cover topics in nonlinear optics and optical fibers including group-velocity dispersion, self-phase modulation, modulation instability, optical solitons, Raman and Brillouin scattering and parametric processes. With this material, this course will examine graduate research techniques for contextualizing research, writing journal reviews, writing journal articles and licensing new technology. Special Topics in Optics - High level courses on special topics within the field of optics. Offered topics change each semester.

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This course focuses on advanced numerical and analytical techniques that are likely to be useful for PhD-level Optics students. It will begin with a review of numerical errors and then develop simple algorithms for solving nonlinear algebraic and differential equations. The later half of the course will cover several analytical techniques useful for solving ordinary and partial differential equations encountered in various areas of optics and photonics. Students will be given weekly homework problems based on the material covered each week. Course Textbook: S. Chapra, Applied Numerical Methods with MATLAB, 3rd edition (McGraw-Hill, 2011).

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Advanced topics in imaging, concentrating on computed imaging, Fourier-transform-based imaging, and unconventional imaging, with emphasis on imaging through aberrating media (particularly atmospheric turbulence), in mathematical depth. Topics are selected from the following: stellar (speckle, Michelson, and intensity) interferometry, wavefront sensing for adaptive optics, phase diversity; pupil-plane lensless laser imaging including 2-D and 3-D digital holography, imaging correlography, and X-ray diffraction imaging; Lyot coronography, synthetic-aperture radar, Fourier telescopy, Fourier-transform imaging spectroscopy, structured-illumination superresolution, optical coherence tomography, extended-depth-of-field imaging, and synthetic-aperture radar.

BUILDING: GRGEN | ROOM: 110

PREREQUISITES: OPT 461

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