ENGN6512 Optical Physics
ENGN6512 is only available under certain award programs.
| Offered By | Research School of Engineering |
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| Academic Career | Graduate Coursework |
| Course Subject | Engineering |
| Offered in | First Semester, 2012 and First Semester, 2013 |
| Unit Value | 6 units |
| Course Description |
Optics continues to play a central role in answering the most profound scientific questions of our time. Optics is at the heart of many of the world's most powerful scientific instruments, enabling modern telescopes to achieve previously unimaginable resolution, and probing general relativity with a global network of gravitational wave detectors. This course includes interferometry, electro-optic modulation, light detection, quantum noise, nonlinear optics, photonics and the use of lasers. Expert guest lecturers will describe the application of these techniques to fields such as space science and nanophotonics. The course will also provide critical experimental skills with optical instrumentation needed for many areas of research. This course is the core 3rd year optics course and complements PHYS3031 which focuses on the concepts of atom-light interaction. |
| Learning Outcomes |
tba
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| Indicative Assessment |
Examinations (30%) Laboraroty (30%) Case Study (30%) Assignment (10%) |
| Workload |
Approximately 30 lecturer, 6 tutorials and 18 hours of laboratories |
| Course Classification(s) | AdvancedAdvanced courses are designed for students having reached 'first degree' level of assumed knowledge, which provide a deep understanding of contemporary issues; or 'second degree' and higher levels of knowledge; or for transition to research training programs. |
| Requisite Statement |
Enrolment in the Master of Engineering |
| Recommended Courses |
Physics 2017, and 2016 |
| Technology Requirements |
n/a |
| Academic Contact | paul.compston@anu.edu.au |
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