Courses

Polarization Courses at the College of Optical Sciences

An increasing number of firms interviewing at Optical Sciences are specifically requesting students with advanced skills in Polarization. In response, the College of Optical Sciences has made many changes to the undergraduate laboratory curriculum and added a graduate polarization class. The Senior Optics Lab classes now include new experiments in Stokes imaging polarimetry, polarizing interferometers, polariscopes, stress optic coefficient measurement, magneto-optics and the Verdet coefficient, Mueller matrix polarimetry of polarization elements and depolarizers, and the electro-optic characterization of liquid crystal cells. Graduate students also have the option of a class in polarimetry theory and polarization ray tracing. Important aspects of polarization are covered in many other classes including Physical Optics, Electromagnetic Waves, Interference and Diffraction, Thin Films, Quantum Optics, and Solid-State Optics.

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