UNM Experimental Techniques of Optics

University of New Mexico

Physics and Astronomy

Sheik-Bahae's Group

Instructor: Prof. Mansoor Sheik-Bahae

Office: Physics & Astronomy Rm. 1109 (North Wing)

Phone: 277-2080

E-mail: msb@unm.edu
To see me in my office, please make an appointment (call or email).

Pre-requisites:

302L: PHYC 302 or 330 or 262 or 160

476L/477L: PHYC 302 or PHYC/ECE 463 or 464

Please drop the course if you have not passed at least one of the pre-requisite courses.

Class meeting times (BE ON TIME):

Section II : Wednesdays 8:00 am- 11:50 am
Section I: Thursdays, 5:30 pm- 9:20 pm

Where to Meet:

We start every session in P&A Room 190, then move to Room 112 (Optics Lab)

Useful Textbooks:

Optics (Hecht)

Optical Electronics in Modern Communications by Amnon Yariv,

Lasers by A. E. Siegman,

Laser Fundamentals by William Silfvast

Teaching Assistants: Junwei Meng (Tiger) , Chih-Feng Wang

Lab Coordinator: Dr. Michael Hasselbeck

Grading: The final grade is weighted as follows:

Interaction with TAs and Instructors during the lab sessions
Lab Notebooks (New Requirement; see bellow)
Lab Reports
An oral exam at the end of each experiment

Each student will be given a blank lab notebook (60 pages/double sided) on the first day of the course. She/he must record the details of each experiment follwing the guidelines described here.

Tutorials:

OSHA Laser Safety

ATTENTION!!

All students enrolled are required to read the above OSHA manual carefully. You will be asked to sign an "Agreement of Understanding" form on the first session of this course.

Lab Notebook Instructions