ECE 494/594: Laser Electronics II: Spring 1998
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Laboratory Credit: 4 Design Credit: 2
Content
Potential topics are listed below:
CD-ROM operation
Printer Technology
Display Technology
Alignment Systems
Optical Computing
Optics for Communications
Lasers in Image Processing
Lasers in Medicine
Lasers in Computers
Lasers in Non-destructive testing
Lasers in Materials Processing
Design of Optics Software
You, the students, working in groups, will design practical products using photonic devices as building blocks. Specifically, the groups will be asked to think of how photonic devices can be used to replace current electronic versions. In addition, students can choose a software design project related to optics, e.g., optical beam propagation using C, C++ or Visual Basic.
Lecture: 10:00 - 10:50 M W F, 325 Bell Hall
Office Hours: 11:00 – 12:00 M W F
Registration: ECE494: 253732 ECE594: 038673
Instructor: Dr. A. N. Cartwright, Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
214 Bonner Hall
Tel: 645-1053 E-Mail: anc@buffalo.edu
WWW: http://www.ee.buffalo.edu/faculty/cartwright
Prerequisites: PHA 108; Pre or Corequisite: MTH 242;
Laser Electronics I is NOT a prerequisite.
Evaluation: Laboratory Experiments (Times to be arranged) (20 %)
Quizzes (biweekly) (20 %)
Design Project (30 %)
Design Presentation and Updates (10 %)
Final Exam. (20 %)
Laboratory: This will include a number of experiments. Labs will be expected to last about 2-3 hours. These labs will be conducted as a group (about 3 students).
ECE594: Students registered for this course number will be expected to complete all laboratories and computer simulations without signing up for an extra hour of credit.