32 courses with the subject OEN, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
OEN 200Geometric and Instrumentation Optics3
Basic principles of geometric optics, refraction, and reflection will be discussed. Gaussian optics of axially symmetrical systems and other related topics as well as simple optical instruments such as magnifying lenses, compound microscopes, refracting telescopes, and other simple optical systems will be discussed.
This is a course in intermediate geometric optics that provides students with state-of-the art laboratory exercises and equipment that will allow them to do fundamental experiments using lasers, fiber optic systems, and diodes. This course complements OEN 200 and students are advised to take these courses concurrently.
This course is the second half of OEN 200 with more detailed discussion of topics such as interference and interferometers, Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction, spectroscopic instrumentation, electro-optic effects and elements of quantum and nonlinear behavior.
Provides an introduction to contemporary topics in optical engineering, including contemporary technical topics, professional topics, and emerging areas for employment and career advancement.
Undergraduate research supervised by a faculty member. Development of the skills of research, including preparations, design, and execution of experiments and data analysis.
Development of tools and techniques for engineering of optical systems. Study of specifications, system design and analysis, tradeoffs and optimization, and manufacturing.
Provides students with the basic principles of optical properties of different material systems that influence optical transitions in conductors, insulators, and semiconductors. Specialty topics covering quantum and nonlinear effects will also be covered.
Provides students with the basic principles of optical properties of different material systems that influence optical transitions in conductors, insulators, and semiconductors. Specialty topics covering quantum and nonlinear effects will also be covered.
Introduces students to theoretical concepts and experimental evidence of quantum phenomena that allows them to gain a fundamental understanding of a number of novel semiconducting and photonic systems. Students completing this course will understand fundamental quantum concepts that are prevalent in many novel systems, including nanostructures and electronic and optical materials that can be used to designanext-generation optoelectronic and optical devices.
This course provides an introduction to contemporary topics in optical engineering, including contemporary technical topics with relevance to modern practice. The course is comprised of three four-week modules and one three-week module. The individual modules will review a foundational technical area within optical engineering. The module topics will vary annually.
Undergraduate research supervised by a faculty member. Further development of the skills of research including preparations, design, and execution of experiments and data analysis.
Study of optical communication components and applications to communications systems, including fiber attenuation and dispersion and noise and coherent communications.
Introduces students toabasic principles and theory of 3D printing and laser processing for various applications. Provides classroom lectures on optical engineering principles, computer-aided design (CAD) technology, and rapid prototyping technology using 3D printing and lasers. Includes a lab component foradesign and fabrication of 3D devices for engineering applications. Students will conduct team projects to design, fabricate, and analyze prototyped devices using rapid prototyping tools.
Introduces students toabasic principles and theory of 3D printing and laser processing for various applications. Provides classroom lectures on optical engineering principles, computer-aided design (CAD) technology, and rapid prototyping technology using 3D printing and lasers. Includes a lab component foradesign and fabrication of 3D devices for engineering applications. Students will conduct team projects to design, fabricate, and analyze prototyped devices usingarapid prototyping tools.
This course provides an introduction to various aspects of engineering practice, engineering ethics, and career opportunities through invited lectures.
In this course, students plan and design capstone engineering projects incorporating realistic and diverse constraints of technical, budgetary, and social aspects. Both written reports and oral presentations are required.
This course is the implementation phase of capstone projects designed in OEN 498. Demonstration of the final working project is required along with a written report and oral presentation.
This course introduces geometrical and physical optics systems and a variety of optical equipment, including mirrors, prisms, beam splitters, couplers, polarization equipment, lasers and laser coupling techniques. Laboratory experiments will introduce basic photonic, geometric and physical optics instrumentation as well as measurement techniques.
This course relates optical behavior to the fundamental chemical, physical and micro-structural properties of conductors, insulators, and semiconductor materials. Specialty topics such as Kerr effect, Stark effect, Zeeman shift, radiative and non-radiative transitions, up-conversion processes, and other energy transfer mechanisms are also discussed, with an emphasis on semiconductor materials.
This course reviews the electromagnetic principles of optics, including Maxwell's equations, optical amplification processes, Gaussian beams, and modal characteristics of laser resonators. An overview of gas, solid state, and semiconductor laser systems is presented. Finally, foundational principles of selected photonic devices, including semiconductor-based detectors and photovoltaic devices are introduced.
This course introduces the advantages of optical communication and the fundamental components of a communication system. Topics include waveguide theory, signal impairments mechanisms such as optical attenuation and dispersion in fibers, laser modulation, photo detection and noise, and coherent communications.
The course provides an understanding of the combined use of optoelectronic and photonic components and devices, which enables the design of a well-engineered fiber optic communication system. The first part of the course provides a review of sources, amplifiers, detectors, and signal degradation mechanisms in optical fibers. The second part of the course focuses on wavelength-division multiplexed fiber networks and optical switching cores for routing. Finally, system design testing and performance optimization for different network configurations will also be tested with the aid of system modeling software.
Materials for optoelectronics optical processes in semiconductors, absorption and radiation, transition rates and carrier lifetimes are discussed. Principles of LEDs, lasers, photo detectors, modulators and solar cells, and optoelectronic integrated circuits are discussed in detail.
