Academics
To teach and train the greatest minds for the 21st century, the curriculum in DOP is designed to offer full-spectrum courses from the fundamental, advanced, to applications in optics and photonics. In particular, we put more emphasis on the basics of optics/photonics to help students lay the groundwork for their future advanced research and work in the fast-paced corporate environment. The core courses and many electives in graduate programs are lectured in English.
Required DOP Core Courses
Graduate Electives
Required DOP Core Courses
The Department requires all graduate students to take the following courses:
| Description | Credits | |||||
| OS6003 | Fourier Optics | 3 | ||||
| OS6015 | Geometrical Optics | 3 | ||||
| OS7149 | Crystal Optics | 3 | ||||
| OS7051 | Optics Laboratory | 3 | ||||
In addition, students must complete two zero-credit seminar courses:
- OS6001 Seminar
- OS6040 Seminar
For those who did not pass the undergraduate Optics, Electromagnetism, and/or Microelectronics prior to their graduate studies in DOP, they have to take at least one undergraduate course in Optics, Electromagnetism, and/or Microelectronics. The credits thus earned cannot be applied toward the degree.
| Description | Credits | |||||
| Optics | ||||||
| OS2002 | Optics I | 3 | ||||
| OS3003 | Optics II | 3 | ||||
| OS3015 | Optics III | 3 | ||||
| Electromagnetism | ||||||
| OS2003 | Electromagnetism I | 3 | ||||
| OS2004 | Electromagnetism II | 3 | ||||
| Microelectronics | ||||||
| OS2005 | Microelectronics I | 3 | ||||
| OS2006 | Microelectronics II | 3 | ||||
Graduate Electives
To provide a depth of knowledge in at least one area of optics and photonics, the Department requires each student to take at least two advanced courses in the following areas, not necessarily in the same area. Course options in their corresponding areas are listed below:
| Description | Course Hours | |||||
| Thin-Film Optics | ||||||
| OS6016 | Interferometry and Interferometers | 3 | ||||
| OS6027 | Thin-Film Optics | 3 | ||||
| OS7004 | Topics on the Application of Thin Film Materials | 3 | ||||
| OS7127 | Optical Thin-Film Filter Design | 3 | ||||
| Optical Information Processing | ||||||
| OS6019 | Holography | 3 | ||||
| OS6046 | Optical Information Processing | 3 | ||||
| OS6051 | Special Topics in White-Light Holography | 3 | ||||
| OS7052 | Special Topics in Dynamic Holography | 3 | ||||
| Optoelectronics | ||||||
| OS6072 | Semiconductor Optoelectronics Physics and Devices | 3 | ||||
| OS7125 | Optoelectronics of Solar Cell | 3 | ||||
| OS7128 | Special Topics in Nitride-Base Optoelectronic Devices | 3 | ||||
| OS7141 | Special Topics in Thin-Film Solar Cells | 3 | ||||
| OS7158 | Introduction to Organic Optoelectronics | 3 | ||||
| OS7160 | Physical Foundations of Semiconductor Optoelectronics | 3 | ||||
| OS7165 | Introduction of Light Emitting Diode | 3 | ||||
| Theoretical Optics | ||||||
| OS6064 | Nonlinear Optics | 3 | ||||
| OS7038 | Optical Computing | 3 | ||||
| OS7069 | Special Topics in Photonics Crystals | 3 | ||||
| OS7084 | Photonic Crystals | 3 | ||||
| OS7096 | Applied Quantum Mechanics | 3 | ||||
| OS7131 | Special Topics in Electromagnetic Theory | 3 | ||||
| OS7140 | Metamaterial Physics | 3 | ||||
| OS7159 | Special Topics in Organic Device Simulation | 3 | ||||
| Guided-Wave Photonics | ||||||
| OS6060 | Special Topics in Advanced Integrated Optics | 3 | ||||
| OS7097 | Guided-Wave Optics | 3 | ||||
| OS7102 | Optical Waveguide Design & Simulation | 3 | ||||
| OS7104 | Integrated Optics | 3 | ||||
| OS7116 | Guided Wave Nonlinear Optics | 3 | ||||
| OS7118 | Photonic Devices | 3 | ||||
| Lasers | ||||||
| OS6053 | Special Topics in Laser Applications | 3 | ||||
| OS6057 | Laser Physics | 3 | ||||
| OS6061 | Laser and Nonlinear Optics | 3 | ||||
| OS6065 | Special Topics in Laser Material Processing | 3 | ||||
| OS7117 | Special Topics in Ultrafast Optics | 3 | ||||
| Optical Engineering and Design | ||||||
| OS6023 | Radiometry and Detection | 3 | ||||
| OS6063 | Advanced Optical Design | 3 | ||||
| OS7020 | Special Topics in Optical Mechanics Design | 3 | ||||
| OS7085 | Optical Simulation with ASAP | 3 | ||||
| OS7088 | Special Topic in Optical Design | 3 | ||||
| OS7091 | Color Science and Technology | 3 | ||||
| OS7092 | Advanced ASAP Optical Simulation | 3 | ||||
| OS7119 | Optical System Design | 3 | ||||
| OS7132 | Introduction to Optical Aberrations | 3 | ||||
| OS7134 | Patent Analysis of Optical Design | 3 | ||||
| OS7147 | Diffraction Effects of Alienations | 3 | ||||
| OS7155 | Special Topics in Aspherical Surface Testing | 3 | ||||
| Biophotonics and Bioimaging | ||||||
| OS7066 | Special Topic in Bio-Optics | 3 | ||||
| OS7137 | Introduction to Biomedical Imaging | 3 | ||||
| OS7142 | Special Topics in Biomedical Instrumentation | 3 | ||||
| Nanophotonics | ||||||
| OS7073 | Special Topic in Nano Electronic Optics | 3 | ||||
| OS7133 | Introduction to Nanophotonics | 3 | ||||
Last revised on Feb. 05, 2013.
