2009 Courses & Clusters

Cluster 5 - Bright Ideas: Light at Work

Instructors:
Clark Guest, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Peter Ilinykh, Development Engineer, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UCSD
Maziar Nezhad, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UCSD

Description:
We seldom realize how many cutting-edge technologies and successful companies are based on light, optics, and photonics (the combination of optics and electronics). This COSMOS cluster will highlight light-based technologies that we encounter in our daily lives: CD and DVD discs, fiberoptic communications, advanced displays, lasers for medical and industrial applications, and others. For each of these technological wonders, we will study the component parts, the underlying physics, and the mathematical analysis that makes them possible. We will also consider new technologies from the developing field of nanophotonics.

Prerequisite:
1 year of Physics preferred

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