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6.161 Modern Optics Project Laboratory
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(Subject meets with 6.637)
Prereq: 6.003
Units: 3-5-4
Lecture: TR2.30-4 (34-304) Lab: TBA
Lectures, laboratory exercises and projects on optical signal generation, transmission, detection, storage, processing and display. Topics include polarization properties of light; reflection and refraction; coherence and interference; Fraunhofer and Fresnel diffraction; holography; Fourier optics; coherent and incoherent imaging and signal processing systems; optical properties of materials; lasers and LEDs; electro-optic and acousto-optic light modulators; photorefractive and liquid-crystal light modulation; display technologies; optical waveguides and fiber-optic communication systems; photodetectors. Students may use this subject to find an advanced undergraduate project. Students engage in extensive oral and written communcation exercises. Recommended prerequisite: 8.03.
C. Warde
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