Optics laboratories (spring)
MICRO-423 / 3 credits
Teacher: Pu Ye
Language: English
Withdrawal: It is not allowed to withdraw from this subject after the registration deadline.
Summary
This laboratory work allows students to deepen their understanding of optical instruments, optoelectronic devices and diagnostic methods. Students will be introduced in state of the art optical instruments and measurement principles.
Content
4 experiments on Fourier optics, optical fibers, lasers:
- Laser safety
- Optical fibers - Light injection, multi and single mode fibers
- Tunable diode laser – external cavity laser, MEMS grating
- Fourier Optics
- Solar cells charactersiation
- Fabry Perot interferometry
- Digital holography
- Plasmonics and spectroscopy
- Fibre amplifier
- Microwave optics
- Diode pumped Nd :YAG laser - frequency doubling
- Photoelasticity
- Liquid crystal electrooptics
- Camera objective and imaging
Keywords
Optical instruments, optical measurement techniques, Diode laser, He-Ne laser, Fourier optics, waveguide and fiber optics, error analysis
Learning Prerequisites
Required courses
Bachelor in
- Microengineering, or
- Electrical and electronic engineering, or
- Physics.
Recommended courses
MICRO-321 Optical engineering I
MICRO-321 Optical engineering II
Important concepts to start the course
Basics of optics, programming with MATLAB or similar, matrix calculations, Fourier transformation, electromagnetic waves, refraction and reflection, polarization, basics of geometrical optics, semiconductor physics, laser physics.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the student must be able to:
- Apply principles of laser security
- Perform data analysis using excel and Matlab
- Assess / Evaluate the reliability of a measurement
- Perform an optical measurement
- Explain measurement results
- Estimate measurement errors
Transversal skills
- Manage priorities.
- Communicate effectively, being understood, including across different languages and cultures.
- Use both general and domain specific IT resources and tools
- Continue to work through difficulties or initial failure to find optimal solutions.
- Demonstrate the capacity for critical thinking
- Take feedback (critique) and respond in an appropriate manner.
Teaching methods
- Practical laboratory work in group (2 persons)
- 4 Experiments (2 afternoons each)
Expected student activities
Individual activity
- Participation at all experiments
- Execution of practical work
- Keep a Laboratory note book
Group activity
- Scientific/technical report writing per experiment
Assessment methods
Discussion of basic concepts during instruction (individual)
Evaluation of experimental work (individual)
Evaluation of written report (group)
Evaluation of laboratory notebook (individual)
Supervision
Office hours | No |
Assistants | Yes |
Forum | No |
Resources
Bibliography
Fundamentals of photonics / B.E.A. Saleh, M. C. Teich, 2007
Integrated optics: theory and technology, vol. 33 / Hunsperger, 2009
An introduction to error analysis: the study of uncertainties in physical measurements, J. R. Taylor, University Science Books, 2nd ed., 1997
Fundamentals of optical waveguides / Katsunari Okamoto, 2006
Ressources en bibliothèque
- Fundamentals of photonics / Saleh
- Fundamentals of optical waveguides / Okamoto
- Integrated optics: theory and technology / Hunsperger
Notes/Handbook
Handout of course slides and documentation of individual experiments
Moodle Link
Prerequisite for
MICRO-425 Optics laboratories II
In the programs
- Semester: Spring
- Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
- Subject examined: Optics laboratories (spring)
- Practical work: 3 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Spring
- Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
- Subject examined: Optics laboratories (spring)
- Practical work: 3 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Spring
- Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
- Subject examined: Optics laboratories (spring)
- Practical work: 3 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
Reference week
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Légendes:
Lecture
Exercise, TP
Project, labs, other