optical science and engineering program
DESCRIPTION
2012-2013 Academic Year. UNM’s. Optical Science and Engineering Program. Administered jointly by P&A and ECE Established in 1983. One of five universities in the US with PhD and MS degrees in Optics. Total Affiliated Faculty (28) http://www.optics.unm.edu/faculty.html. ECE S. Brueck - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Optical Science and Engineering Program
Administered jointly by P&A and ECE Established in 1983
One of five universities in the US with PhD and MS degrees in Optics
2012-2013 Academic Year
OPTICAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING University of New Mexico
UNM’s
P&A •C. Caves•I. H. Deutsch•J.-C. Diels•R. I. Epstein*•M. Hasselbeck*•D. Hope*•V. M. Kenkre•S. Prasad•W. Rudolph•M. Sheik-Bahae•J. Thomas
ECE •S. Brueck•C. Christodoulou•R. Dawson*•P. Eliseev*•N. Ghani•M. Hayat•S. D. Hersee•R. Jain•S. Krishna•L. Lester•K. Malloy•M. Osinski•M. Hossein-Zadeh•G. Balakrishnan•Y. Sharma* •L. Arissian*
O. Lavora
Total Affiliated Faculty (28)http://www.optics.unm.edu/faculty.html
* Research faculty
OPTICAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING University of New Mexico
Member of WICHE (Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education).
15 Fellows (OSA, APS, IEEE, SPIE)
and other awards
Graduate Students Data
Ph.D. degrees awarded in the past 10 years: 50
Current Graduate Student Enrollment: ≈ 60 New, incoming students in 2012: 13
New TAs/yr. ≈ 2-6; Total at any time ≈ 10 - 12
Total RAs: ≈ 35 (P&A and CHTM/ECE combined)
OPTICAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING University of New Mexico
M.S. Program M.S. Program
PlanCourses (Total)
Courses A
Courses B
ThesisRes.Seminar/
ProblemsInternship
Plan 1(Thesis) 30 15 6 6 - -
Plan 2a(Course) 33 15 9 - 3 (2 in optics) -
Plan 2b(Internship) 33 15 9 - - 3-6
12 hours of coursework must be taken at 500 level or higher
students in Plan 1 must submit and defend a thesis
students in Plan 2a must pass an oral exam, 2b has technical report and public presentation
Requirements (Credit Hours):
OPTICAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING University of New Mexico
Mandatory
•Advanced Optics I (Physics 463 or ECE 464)
•Advanced Optics II (Physics 554 or ECE 567)
•Laser Physics I (Physics 464 or ECE 464)
•Optics Lab (Physics 476L or 477L)
•E&M (Physics 511 or ECE 561)
Option-Based :
•Introduction to Optoelectronics (ECE 475)
•Quantum Mechanics I (Physics 521)
•Microelectronics Processing Lab (ECE 574L)
•Nonlinear Optics (Physics 555 or ECE 568)
•Solid State Physics (Physics 529) or Semiconductor Properties (ECE 572)
•Topics in Modern Optics (Physics 569) or Special Topics (ECE 595)
•Laser Physics II (Physics 564)
•Semiconductor Lasers and LEDs (ECE 577)
•Quantum Optics (Physics 566)
•Atomic and Molecular Structure (Physics 531)
•Optical Coherence Theory (Physics 556)
•Guided Wave Optics (ECE 564)
•Optical Fiber Communication (ECE 565)
M.S. ProgramCourses
OPTICAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING University of New Mexico