The importance of optics training for engineers

Author

Landry, John ; Wade, Glen

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

22-25 Oct 1988

Firstpage

7

Lastpage

9

Abstract

An outline is presented of a three quarter graduate sequence of courses in optical systems theory for electrical engineers at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). The ten major topics covered in the course are; the physical aspects of light; sources of light; lenses, mirrors, and geometrical optics; lasers; interference and diffraction phenomena; spatial frequency in optics; optical detectors; holography; optical data processing; and electrooptic and acoustooptic devices

Keywords

educational courses; electrical engineering; optics; acoustooptic devices; diffraction phenomena; electrical engineers; electrooptic devices; geometrical optics; holography; interference; lasers; lenses; light sources; mirrors; optical data processing; optical detectors; optical systems theory; optics training; physical aspects; spatial frequency; three quarter graduate sequence; Acoustical engineering; Geometrical optics; Holographic optical components; Holography; Interference; Laser theory; Lasers and electrooptics; Lenses; Mirrors; Optical devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1988., Proceedings

Conference_Location

Santa Barbara, CA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1988.34945

Filename

34945