Prerequisites: EE 005, MATH 010B; or equivalent; or consent of instructor
Description: Introduces basic principles of optics and lasers, wave equations, interferometry, diffraction, Fourier optics, light-matter interactions, ultrafast and nonlinear optics, and nanophotonics. Frames introductory concepts with experimental design and computer analysis. Includes applications and analytical exercises with microscopy and spectroscopy, smart-phone camera hacks, thin-film and bulk materials characterization, and communication systems.
Credit: Credit is awarded for one of the following ME 180 or ME 280.