PC 3200: Electromagnetic Sensors and Photonic Devices
PC 3200: Electromagnetic Sensors and Photonic Devices. Instructor: Prof. Keith Cohn, Department of Physics, NPS (Naval Postgraduate School). The goal of the course is to provide a physics overview of electromagnetic detector systems, including sensors, lasers, and fiber optic technologies. Topics covered in this course include an overview of electromagnetic spectrum; light interaction with matter, semiconductor basics; radiometry; photon sources such as blackbodies, LEDs, and lasers; detector technologies - photon detectors and thermal detectors; introduction to optical fibers and their applications; and introduction to radar.
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Lecture 01 - Course Introduction, The Electromagnetic Spectrum |
Lecture 02 - The Electromagnetic Spectrum (cont.) |
Lecture 03 - Light Interaction with Matter |
Lecture 04 - Light Interaction with Matter (cont.) |
Lecture 05 - Light Interaction with Matter (cont.), Semiconductor Basics |
Lecture 06 - Semiconductor Basics (cont.) |
Lecture 07 - Semiconductor Basics (cont.), Radiometry Basics |
Lecture 08 - Radiometry: Irradiance and Spectral Irradiance; Radiance and Spectral Radiance |
Lecture 09 - Radiometry: Radiance and Spectral Radiance, Radiance Calculations |
Lecture 10 - Radiometry: Radiance Calculations and Summary |
Lecture 11 - Problem Set: Radiometry |
Lecture 12 - Photon Statistics |
Lecture 13 - Photon Sources: Blackbody Sources |
Lecture 14 - Photon Sources: Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) |
Lecture 15 - Photon Sources: LEDs (cont.), Lasers - Stimulated Emission |
Lecture 16 - Photon Sources: Lasers - Optical Cavity Modes |
Lecture 17 - Photon Sources: Lasers - Optical Cavity Modes (cont.), Coherent Gain |
Lecture 18 - Photon Sources: Lasers - Coherent Gain (cont.) |
Lecture 19 - Photon Sources: Laser Gain, Laser Oscillation |
Lecture 20 - Photon Sources: Laser Oscillation, Pulsed Lasers |
Lecture 21 - Pulsed Lasers (cont.) |
Lecture 22 - Review of Photon Sources |
Lecture 23 - Problem Set: Photon Sources |
Lecture 24 - Examples of Lasers |
Lecture 25 - Detector Technologies: Photon Detectors - Photodetection Basics |
Lecture 26 - Photodetection Basics: Noise and its Characterization; Photoemissive Detectors |
Lecture 27 - Photon Detectors: Photoemissive Detectors (cont.), Photoconductive Detectors |
Lecture 28 - Photon Detectors: Photovoltaic Detectors |
Lecture 29 - Photon Detectors: Photovoltaic Detectors (cont.) |
Lecture 30 - Photon Detectors: Photovoltaic Detectors (cont.) |
Lecture 31 - Detector Technologies: Thermal Detectors |
Lecture 32 - Fiber Optics: Data Bit Rates, Fiber Optic Communications |
Lecture 33 - Fiber Optics (cont.) |
Lecture 34 - Radar |
Lecture 35 - Radar (cont.) |
Lecture 36 - Radar Equation |