Professors: Bunch, Ditteon, Duree, Joenathan, Kirkpatrick, Kirtley, McInerney, Moloney, Milanovic, Siahmakoun, Syed, Wagner, and Western.

NOTE: In courses which include a laboratory, satisfactory completion of the laboratory work is required in order to pass the course.

OE 171 Photography and Holography 2R-OL-2C F
  Introduce students to basic knowledge of optics, principles and operation of a camera, shutters, films, and film development, color photography, basic understanding of interference of waves, concept of holography, properties of various holograms, application of holography, and each student makes individual hologram that can be seen in sunlight.

OE 172 Optics in Technology 2R-OL-2C S
  Introduction to the properties of lasers; types of lasers; characteristics of optical fibers, optical communication, applications of lasers and fibers in industry, medicine and commercial products.

OE 280 Paraxial Optics 3.5R-.5L-4C W Pre: PH 113
  First order geometrical optics including image formation, y-nu ray tracing, cardinal points, stops and apertures, matrix methods and an introduction to optical instruments. Introduction to computer-aided analysis.

OE 290 Directed Research Credit arranged Pre: Consent of instructor
  Research for freshmen and sophomore students under the direction of a physics and optical engineering faculty member. May earn up to a maximum of 2 credits for meeting the graduation requirements. The student must make arrangements with the faculty member for the research project prior to registering for this course.

OE 295 Optical Systems 3.5R-.5L-4C S Pre: PH 113 and MA 221
  Components of optical systems; introduction to lasers light and Gaussian beams; Optical fibers; Fiber optic systems; radiometry and photometry; optoelectronics; LEDs; optical sources; detectors; noise in detectors; CCD arrays, optical instruments.

OE 392 Wave Optics & Coherence 4R-0L-4C Arranged Pre: PH 292, MA 222
  Propagation of light, Fresnel equations; Fraunhofer and Fresnel diffraction; coherence; Fourier transforms, convolution and correlation; optical transfer function (OTC), modulation transfer function (MTF); speckles; holography, moire.

OE 393 Fiber Optics and Applications 3R-3L-4C W Pre: OE 295 and PH 316
  Basic dielectric waveguide equations; wave optics and ray optics; step-index and graded-index fibers; single mode and multi-mode fibers; mode cutoff conditions; numerical aperture; fabrication of optical fibers; fiber measurements; fiber cable designs; source coupling, splices and connectors; fiber optic sensors; fiber optic components and systems.

OE 395 Optical Instrumentation 3R-3L-4C Arranged Pre: OE 280 and PH 292
  Radiometry and photometry; optoelectronics; LEDs; optical sources; detectors; signal conditioning and noise; CCD arrays; optical instruments; color; selected experiments on the application of optical instruments.

OE 415 Optical Engineering Design I 2R- 6L-4C S Pre: OE 295
  Team-oriented and/or independent design project work on selected topics in optical engineering, design of project, building of prototype, experiments to test optical components and systems, electronic systems, optical measurement tools, mechanical measurements, design construction of optics, optomechanics, and opto-electronics in the system, construction of a device, market analysis

OE 416 Optical Engineering Design II 2R-6L-4C S Pre: OE 415
  Follow up of 445, Team-oriented and/or independent design project work on selected topics in optical engineering, design of project, building of prototype, experiments to test optical components and systems, electronic systems, optical measurement tools, mechanical measurements, design construction of optics, opto-mechanics, and opto-electronics in the system, construction of a device, market analysis.

OE 450 Laser Systems and Applications 3R-3L-4C S Pre: PH 292 and MA 222 or JR standing or consent of instructor
  Laser safety; Gaussian beam propagation; cavity design; longitudinal and transverse modes; stimulated emission; population inversion; rate equations; gain and threshold; Q-switching and mode-locking; types of laser systems; laser applications in communication; medicine, military, industry.

OE 470 Special Topics in Optical Engineering 2-4 Credits Pre: Consent of instructor
  Lectures on special topics in optics.

OE 480/OE 580 Lens Design and Aberrations 4R-0L-4C F Pre: OE 280 or SR/GR standing or consent of instructor
  Chromatic and third order aberrations, exact ray tracing, y-y bar diagrams as a design tool, methods for reducing aberrations in initial designs, optimization. Design of simple lens systems. Introduction to computer-aided design, design of optical systems including camera lenses, mirror systems and catadioptic systems. For graduate credit, students will have to do project work on a topic selected by the instructor.

OE 485/OE 585 Electro-Optics and Applications 3R-3L-4C W Pre: PH 292 and PH 316 or SR/GR standing or consent of instructor
  Optical wave propagation in anisotropic media; normal surface, birefringence, index ellipsoid, optical activity, Faraday rotation, Pockels and Kerr effects, electro-optic modulators, electro-optic effect in liquid crystals, photorefractive effect, acousto-optic effect and modulators, second-harmonic generation, optical phase-conjugation and applications. For graduate credit, students will have to do project work on a topic selected by the instructor.

OE 490 Directed Research Credit arranged Pre: Consent of instructor
  Research for junior and senior students under the direction of a physics and optical engineering faculty member. May earn a maximum of 8 credits between PH/OE 290 and PH/OE 490 for meeting graduation requirements. Maximum of 4 credits per term. The student must make arrangements with the faculty member for the research project prior to registering for this course.

OE 495/OE 595 Optical Metrology 3R-3L-4C F Pre: PH 292 or SR/GR standing or consent of instructor and Co-Req OE 480
  Optical testing: geometrical test methods (refractometers, knife edge, Ronchi, Wire, Hartmann); review of interference and coherence; fringe visibility; conventional interferometers (Newton, Fizeau, Twyman-Green and shearing); fringe localization; phase shifting, holographic, Moire, photoelastic and speckle interferometry; emerging optical methods. For graduate credit, students must do additional project work on a topic selected by the instructor.

OE 497, OE 498, OE 499 Senior Thesis 1-2C F,W,S Pre: Consent of PHOE faculty
  Literature search, research proposal preparation, and laboratory project work. This sequence is designed to result in a completed senior thesis or initiation of research to be completed in an MSOE degree at Rose-Hulman.

GRADUATE COURSES

Note: SR/GR standing is required for enrolling in the following 500-level courses.

OE 520 Principles of Optics 2R-0L-2C F Pre: OE 295, PH 292, PH 316 or SR/GR standing or consent of instructor
  Classical optics; exact ray tracing; aberrations, interference, polarization, spatial and temporal coherence; lasers and Gaussian beam propagation; diffraction; optical sources and detectors; selected applications of optics.

OE 535/BE 535 Biomedical Optics 4R-0L-4C W Pre: PH 113, MA 222 or SR/GR standing or consent of instructor
  Optical techniques for biomedical applications and health care; laser fundamentals, laser interaction with tissues, laser diagnostics and therapy, laser surgery, endoscopy and applications; fiber optics; fiber optic biosensors; microscopes; optics-based clinical applications.

OE 570 Special Topics in Optics 2 or 4C F,W,S Pre: OE 295, PH 292, and PH 316
  Lectures on special topics in optics such as: optical materials, optics of thin films and infrared optics.

OE 580 Lens Design and Aberrations. See OE 480 OE 585 Electro-Optics and Applications. See OE 485

OE 592 Fourier Optics and Applications 3R-3L-4C F Pre: SR/GR standing or consent of instructor
  Two-dimensional linear systems; diffraction theory (Fresnel & Fraunhofer); imaging properties of lenses; frequency analysis of optical imaging systems; spatial filtering; optical information processing; Vander-Lugt filters; wavefront reconstruction; holography; optical computing.

OE 594 Guided-Wave Optics 3R-3L-4C S Pre: OE 485 or SR/GR standing or consent of instructor
  Theory of optical waveguides; waveguide modes; fabrication techniques; input and output coupling techniques; waveguide losses; waveguide gratings; electro-optic modulators; integrated optical detectors; applications of integrated optics.

OE 595 Optical Metrology. See OE 495