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THIRD
YEAR LABORATORY
PHYS
3770, LASER AND SPECTROSCOPY LABORATORY
and
PHYS3780,
PHOTONICS LABORATORY
SYLLABUS
PHYS3770,
LASER AND SPECTROSCOPY LABORATORY
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Acousto-optic
effects: diffraction of light by acoustic waves in media,
use in deflectors and modulators
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Fourier
optics: spatial filtering and image processing
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Fourier
transform spectrometry in the visible and near IR using
a computer controlled Michelson interferometer
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Holography:
production of transmission and reflection holograms
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Laser
diode emission characteristics
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Laser
safety
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Neodymium
YAG laser: alignment and properties
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Properties
of helium-neon lasers and the light emitted by them
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Photoluminescence
spectroscopy of semiconductor quantum wells
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Spectral
response of some photodetectors and spectral output of
various light sources using a computer controlled monochromator
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Visible
and UV spectrometry: measurement of the transmission characteristics
of thin films, filters, sunscreens etc., using a computer
controlled spectrophotometer
PHYS3780,
PHOTONICS LABORATORY
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Erbium
doped fibre amplifiers: response and characteristics
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Laser
diode emission characteristics
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Laser
safety
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Neodymium
YAG laser: alignment and properties
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Optical
fibres: properties of single and multimode step and graded
index fibres, measurement of numerical aperture, attenuation,
far field power distribution
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Optical
fibre communications: semiconductor light sources, wavelength
division multiplexing and demultiplexing
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Optical
fibre gratings: use in communications; dense wavelength
division multiplexing
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Optical
fibre sensors: intensity (multimode) and interferometric
(single mode) phase sensors
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Optical
time-domain reflectometry: measurement of optical fibre
attenuation and splicing losses
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Polarisation
of light by polarisers and by reflection from dielectrics
and metals
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Properties
of helium-neon lasers and the light emitted by them
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