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Optics Lecture Notes
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Physics 135b: Light and Optics
Various, University of Southern California
These notes are a great overview of light as an electro-magnetic phenomenon. Changing electric and magnetic fields create electro-magnetic waves. These transverse waves travel and carry energy through empty space - unlike water waves or sound waves which need a medium to propagate.
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Optical Fibers
Nikos Drakos, University of Leeds
An optical fiber is basically a two-layered structure comprised of dielectric material. It has a uniform circular cross-section along a straight longitudinal axis. The inner region is called the core and the outer region the cladding. We first analyze the electromagnetic fields present in optical fibers to derive several important propagation characteristics. These notes are a good introduction to optical fibers.
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Physics of Thin Films
Thomas M. Christensen, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
This is an upper division physics that covers thin films and their applications. These applications include microelectronics - electrical conductors, electrical barriers, diffusion barriers, magnetic sensors - sense I, B or changes in them, gas sensors, SAW devices, tailored materials - layer very thin films to develop materials with new properties, optics - anti-reflection coatings, corrosion protection, wear resistance and more.
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Applied Physics 216 Optical Physics and Quantum Electronics
R. Victor Jones, Harvard University
This course covers topics such as wave propagation in anisotropic media, glass fibers, planar dielectrics and random media, interaction of light with matter, quantization of the radiation field, laser physics, photon statistics and noise, nonlinear optics, optical modulation and switching, acousto-optics, parametric devices, optical solitons, and photon migration.
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Phys 323: Optics
P. Langill, University of Calgary
This graduate course includes lecture notes on every subject in optics.
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