Offered by the physics departments of NJIT and Rutgers-Newark; the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; and the Department of Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, and Environmental Science. |
OPSE 301Introduction to Optical Science and Engineering (3-0-3) Laboratory and lecture. For applied physics, engineering, computer science, or biology majors. Introduces optics and photonics principles with their elementary applications. Topics include speed at light, reflection, refraction, geometric optics, interference and interferometry, polarization, dispersion, birefringence, fiber optics, diffraction, introduction to spectroscopy and ray tracing. Prerequisite: Phys 121. |
OPSE 310Virtual Instrumentation (2-3-3) For engineering, computer science, and science majors. Covers the basics of virtual instrumentation, including use of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) GPIB, RS232 interfaces, and data acquisition boards. Interface a computer to various instruments for data acquisition and instrument control using a state-of-the-art software platform such as National Instrument`s LABVIEW. Emphasis is on the practical aspects of interfacing a computer to various instruments, including timing issues, real-time data acquisition and instrument control, instrument status, and acquisition speed. Prerequisites: 3-credit 100-level CIS programming course (preferably C or C++). |
OPSE 402High Power Laser and Photonics Applications (3-0-3) Advanced combined laboratory and lecture for engineering, computer science, and science majors with junior or senior standing. Photonics and higher power laser applications. Topics include Maxwell`s equations, principles of lasers, electro-optics, nonlinear optics, absorption and transmission of light, bio-optics, fiber-optic communications, chemiluminescence, scattering from periodic surfaces and colloids, sensors. Topics and experiments change on a term basis depending on interests of enrolled students. Prerequisite: Phys 121. |
