Course Title:

Engineering Applications of Lasers and Photonics

Instructor:

To Be Assigned

Course Description:

This short-course is designed to provide a practical introduction to and review the most common engineering applications of lasers, photonics, and optical materials for nanotechnology.  The course takes a practical approach, drawing upon real-world examples from such fields as automotive, semiconductor, bioengineering, fiber-optics and more.  The modular format of the course allows one to take any or all the three modules

 

Course Objectives:

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

At the end of each module, participants will have gained an insight into basic principles of the topics in each module, and their engineering applications in such fields as automotive, bioengineering, environmental engineering and more. 

 

Main Topics to Be Covered:

Module I: Optical Metrology - Measuring with light

I.1        Interferometry - An Introduction

I.2        Polarized Light and Photoelasticity: Strain Gauges

I.3        Optical Triangulation & Displacement Measuring Interferometers (DMI)

I.4        Geometric Moiré and Moiré Interferometry

I.5        Holography and Holographic Interferometry

I.6        Measurement of Surface Flatness and Topography

Module II: Light Sources, Waveguides, Detectors and Sensors

II.1       Fundamentals of Lasers, Waveguides and Fibers

II.2       Engineering Applications of Lasers in Machining and Micromachining

II.3       Light Emitting Diodes Materials, Design and Characterization

II.4       Engineering Applications of LED's (Automotive, Bioengineering, etc.)

II.5       Optical Sensors

II.6       MEMS Devices

Module III: Photonic Materials and Nano-Technology

III.1      Materials for Optics and Photonics Applications

III.2      Fundamentals of nano-materials and nano-structures

III.3      Fabrications of electronics and optical nano-structures

III.4      Applications of nano-photonics and nano-structures

 

 

 

Intended Audience:

Technical members with interest in applications of Lasers, Photonics and Optical Nano-materials

Method of Delivery:

Live (could be delivered on-site or on-line with lead time)

Course Duration:

Half Day (overview), One Day (essentials) per module

 

Prerequisites:

Basic college physics level background including electricity and magnetism, and some familairity with materials properties required for optics and materials related topics to be covered in this course.

Computer Requirements:

Basic computer literacy

 

Enrollment Size:

Minimum #:

10

Maximum #:

30

Course Content:

Applied:

50%

Theoretical:

50%