Graduate Catalog: 2012-2013 - Alabama A&M University

PHY 670 Non-Linear Optics - Three semesterhours. Photon echo, self-induced transparency, selffocusing,scattering of light, parametricamplification, harmonic generation, damage effects.(Prerequisite PHY 657 or equivalent)PHY 671-672 Laser Physics I and II - Foursemester hours. Density matrix-formulation ofinteraction of radiation with matter, laser thresholdcondition, optical resonators, pressure effects,survey of laser types and mechanisms. (PrerequisitePHY 657 or equivalent)PHY 675 Thin Films and Integrated Optics -Four semester hours. Semiconductor and metallicfilms, design methods of multilayer interferencefilter coating, guided waves in dielectric films andfibers, beam-to-guide couplers, survey of devicesfor integrated optics. (Prerequisite PHY 671 orequivalent)PHY 680 Holography - Three semester hours. TheGabor hologram, hologram as a zone plate, Fresnelimage, Fourier-transform and reflection holograms,applications to interferometry, information storage,and optical processing. (Prerequisite PHY 657 orequivalent)PHY 690 Introduction to Biophotonics – Foursemester hours. This is an interdisciplinary coursedealing with applications of laser techniques tobiology and medicine. Topics include fundamentalsof light matter interaction, principles of lasers andlaser technology, interaction of light with cells andtissues, bioimaging applications, optical biosensorsincluding fluorescence sensing and fiber-opticbiosensors, light activated therapy, tissueengineering with light, microarray technology forgenomics and proteomics, principle of laser tweezeraction and manipulation of single DNA molecules,Bionanophotonics and Biomaterials for photonics.PHY 692 Nanophotonics – Three semester hours.This will be an interdisciplinary course dealing withapplications related to fusion of nanotechnologywith photonics. Topics include nanoscale opticaland electronic interactions, near field opticalinteractions, quantum dots, quantum wells, quantumwires, metallic nanoparticles and metallicnanostructures, rare-earth doped nanostructures,epitaxial growth and nanochemistry, nanostructuredpolymeric media, photonic crystal sensors, nearfieldnanolithography, and bioderived materials.PHY 699 Thesis - One to three semester hours.Research work towards completing the thesisrequirement.PHY 701 and PHY 791 Applied Solid StateElectronics I and II - Three semester hours.Semiconductor devices, rectifier and amplifiercircuits, logic control, analog and digitaltransducers, optoelectronics, VLSI circuitfabrication memory devices, computer aidedengineering of VLSI systems, VLSI microprocessorsystem design. (Prerequisite PHY 451 or equivalent)PHY 703 Laser Systems - Four semester hours.Survey of a variety of laser systems, and preparesthe student to contribute to the design of new lasersystems. The course starts with a generaldescription of lasers and optical amplifiers in termsof relatively simple rate equations. Various classesof lasers (e.g., optically-pumped solid lasers, gaslasers, organic dye lasers, etc.). Designs of specificlaser systems from each class will be described indetail (e.g., CW Nd: YAG laser, argon ion laser,rhodamine 6G dye laser, etc.). Other topics, whichwill be covered, include: optical resonator modetheory, techniques for controlling and modifyinglaser outputs, and techniques for measuring thespectral and temporal properties of laser beams.(Prerequisite PHY 671 or equivalent).PHY 705 Solid State Diffusion - Three semesterhours. Fundamentals of diffusion in the solid state.Special emphasis to diffusion kinetics for atoms andcrystals. (Prerequisite PHY 634)PHY 710 Thermodynamics of Materials - Threesemester hours. Advanced treatment ofthermodynamic properties of inorganic materials.Introductory thermodynamics. Application of lawsof thermodynamics to chemical behavior ofelements, compounds and solutions. Discussion ofheterogeneous equilibrium, chemical reactions andthermodynamics of structural defects and interfaces.(Prerequisite PHY 518 or equivalent)PHY 712 Optical Phase Conjugation I - Threesemester hours. Conjugation by parametric mixingin transparent media, transient response of Kerr-likephase conjugation, degenerate four wave mixing,optical phase conjugation in photo refractivecrystals stimulated Raman scattering and Brilliouinscattering, wave front reversal, and phaseconjugation under stimulated scattering.(Prerequisite PHY 670 or equivalent)PHY 714 Optical Phase Conjugation II - Threesemester hours. Phase conjugation and high152