{"id":104,"date":"2022-05-08T02:20:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-08T02:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-optics-wp.pantheonsite.io\/gsmith\/?page_id=104"},"modified":"2024-08-20T16:46:12","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T16:46:12","slug":"courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/gsmith\/courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">OPTI-586L: Polarization in Optical Design Laboratory<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.optics.arizona.edu\/course\/opti\/586\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Course Description<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Polarization is a fundamental component of electromagnetic waves. The goal of this course is to apply theoretical principles of polarization and practice overcoming common pitfalls in polarization engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn why you should always use polarization optics in collimated light.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"319\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/gsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2022\/08\/focusPlate.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-109\" style=\"width:400px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Focusing light through a waveplate creates separated wavefronts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gain experience understanding and interpreting polariscope images. This simple tool can be a first step to understanding the polarization properties of optical elements.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"809\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/gsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2022\/08\/tapeDispenser-1024x809.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-108\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/gsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2022\/08\/tapeDispenser-1024x809.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/gsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2022\/08\/tapeDispenser-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/gsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2022\/08\/tapeDispenser-768x607.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/gsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2022\/08\/tapeDispenser.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">clear plastic tape dispenser viewed with a polariscope<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Course topics range from polarization ray tracing to the complicated effects of thin film coatings. Understanding what is needed to create realistic polarization models improves optical design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OPTI-586L: Polarization in Optical Design Laboratory Course Description Polarization is a fundamental component of electromagnetic waves. The goal of this course is to apply theoretical principles of polarization and practice overcoming common pitfalls in polarization engineering. Learn why you should always use polarization optics in collimated light. Gain experience understanding and interpreting polariscope images. This simple tool can be a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":174,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-104","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/gsmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/gsmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/gsmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/gsmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/174"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/gsmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/gsmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148,"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/gsmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104\/revisions\/148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/gsmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}