ENGR 502 Introduction to Optics
In recent years, photonics has found increasing applications in areas such as communications, image processing, sensing and displays. The objective of this course is to provide a thorough survey of this rapidly expanding and important area of electrical engineering. This course will cover the primary theories of light including ray optics, diffraction, as well as the interaction of light with matter, polarization, Fourier optics, lasers and coherence. Practical applications such as signal image processing, and holography will be covered.