These
experimental courses each involve 4 hours of laboratory
work per week. The experiments offered provide hands-on
experience with some of the optical components and techniques
discussed in the lecture courses PHYS3710, Lasers and Applications
and PHYS3720, Optoelectronics. The laboratories function,
as far as practicable, as "open" laboratories
where students may come in at various times to work through
experiments at their own pace. Assessment is continuous
with no end-of-session examination.
The
topics covered include: laser safety, properties of lasers
and their light, polarisation of light, photo-detectors
and light sources, spatial filtering and optical image processing,
holography, optical fibre sensors and communications, acousto-optic
effects and grating and Fourier transform spectrometry.
The
techniques and components studied here find application
in many fields e.g. in communications, geology, medicine,
surveying etc. and the experience gained in these courses
would form part of the basic requirements for research and
development in the many areas concerned with modern optics
and photonics technology.
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