Introduction to engineering optics. Focuses on systems that have an electricity generating capacity of three kilowatts and larger. Reviews the basic technologies and materials systems which are technologically important. ELEG302 and ELEG340 or equivalents and ELEG423. Topics to be covered include optical fiber structure, charasteristics, and fabrications, wave propagation in dispersive medium, optical sources and coupling, optical detectors, communication systems and advanced system techniques.
Undergraduate students require permission of instructor.
May be cross-listed with MAST633. Requires permission of instructor. 3 credits Reviews basic concepts of discrete and continuous time signals, control systems, and linear algebra. Transforms, sampling, aliasing, linear algebra and systems of equations, matrix factorizations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, least squares, and the Cayley-Hamilton theorem are studied. ELEG305 amd MATH342 or MATH349 or equivalents.