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After completing this course, students will have the knowledge and experimental skills to design and apply a photonic measurement system to monitor an environment, a process, a life form, a device, or a system. The course will combine predefined laboratories to develop basic skills in optical techniques, and experience using devices, and instruments, with the possibility of more open-ended project assignments. This course provides three semester hours of credit, and is intended for undergraduate ECE majors, as a preparatory course for Senior Design projects in photonics.

Course Goals:

Provide students with experimental experience in a modern optical laboratory.
Reinforce concepts learned in earlier courses through practical application.
Prepare students for experimental optics and photonics research in industry or in graduate school.

Prerequisites: Please see the syllabus for a list of concepts you should be familiar with.

Resources: Course assignments, announcements, and materials will be posted on this web page. Click the "Files" link at left.

Schedule: The remaining MANDATORY meetings of the lab are: Tuesday March 20th, at 2:30pm and Thursday April 5th, at 2:30pm. All meetings are announced here, and take place in the lab, Ryan basement, room 08. This class will not have regularly scheduled lectures; special classes may be arranged. See the syllabus for more information. Laboratory times will be made by arrangement. Click the "schedule" link to learn more about lab scheduling.

Text: None required. Good references include Photodetection and Measurement, Mark Johnson, McGraw-Hill 2003, ISBN 0-07-140944-0, Photonics Essentials 2nd edition, T. P. Pearsall, McGraw-Hill, 2010, ISBN 0-07-162935-1, and Optics, Eugene Hecht, ISBN 0-8053-8566-5

Instructor: Dr. Daniel Mittleman, assisted by graduate student Kimberly Reichel.
For additional information, send an email to: daniel at rice dot edu or to kr9 at rice dot edu.

Any student with a disability requiring accommodations in this course is encouraged to contact me during the first week of class. In addition, such students should contact Disabled Student Services in the Ley Student Center.