Category Archives: Occasionally Taught Course

Introduction to theory and experimental basis of both weakly and highly ionized plasmas. Instabilities, plasma waves, nonlinear effects, controlled thermonuclear fusion.

This course is a focused introduction to the emerging field of attosecond optics and its applications. It targets senior undergraduate students and graduate students who want to enter the field.  The organization of the course builds from basic underlying theory to more complex ideas related to attosecond optics. The generation of attosecond optical pulses requires […]

An introduction to the science and applications of modern X-Ray optics, X-Ray lasers etc., with a review of the basic properties of X-Rays.

Wave optics, absorption, stimulated emission, lasers, transforms, coherence, holography.

Fundamental theory, design, and practice of modern bio-imaging techniques used for basic biomedical research applications.

Conduction, radiation, and convection heat transfer. Basic energy balances emphasized. Steady state and transient problems, analysis and design of simple heat exchangers.

Techniques for materials preparation, doping, metallization, effect of materials properties on device (e.g., solar cells, lasers and transistors) performances, electronic and optical characterization of device materials. PR: EMA 5317, Graduate standing or C.I

Phase transformation; grain size; surface, powder, and composite processing; shape forming; polymer processes; liquid and vapor phase synthesis; radiation-induced processes, mathematical analysis, project.

Laser beam optics; laser-material interactions; laser heating, melting, vaporization. Plasma formation; laser surface treatment, welding, machining; laser material synthesis. Thin film deposition, crystal growth.

Optical communication schemes; Statistical modeling; coherent and non-coherent detection time synchronization channel characterization.

Introduction to the principles and design of optical fiber communication systems including the optoelectronic devices used in transmitters and receivers. Prerequisites: OSE 4xx1 Introduction to Photonics Credits: 3 hours Detailed Description: This course is an introduction to the principles of optical fiber communication systems. The course covers three topics: 1) The optical fiber as a […]

The study of those processes in Nonlinear Optics, which are characterized by propagation of light in the media with the size considerably larger than the wavelength.  “The difference between Holography and Nonlinear Optics, if exists at all, is quantitative only, with Holography being characterized by slower build-up time” – Nicolaas Bloembergen. The Course “Stimulated and […]