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Home / Graduate Programs / Courses / Fundamentals of Optics for Electrical Engineers

ECE 559

Fundamentals of Optics for Electrical Engineers

Fall
Required Course:
Yes

Course Level

Graduate

Units

3

Prerequisite(s)

Graduate standing

Course Texts

  • Eugene Hecht, Optics, 4th edition, Addison Wesley, 2002, ISBN 0-8053-8566-5.
  • J.W. Goodman, Introduction to Fourier Optics, 2nd edition, McGraw Hill, New York, 1996.

Schedule

150 minutes lecture per week

Course Description

Introduction to diffraction and 2-D Fourier optics, geometrical optics, paraxial systems, third-order aberrations, Gaussian beam propagation, optical resonators, polarization, temporal and spatial coherence, optical materials and nonlinear effects, and electro-optic modulators. Applications to holography, optical data storage, optical processing, neural nets, associative memory and optical interconnects.

May be convened with ECE 459. Graduate-level requirements include different exam questions and grading. 

Assessment

  • Homework: 8-10 assignments
  • Project: 1 project
  • Quizzes: 5 quizzes
  • Exams: 2 midterm exams, 1 final exam
  • Typical grading policy: 40% midterms, 20% final exam, 20% quizzes, 20% project
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