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The Department of Physics provides excellent facilities for experimental research in the areas of thin-film optics, optical spectroscopy, nonlinear optics, volume holographic storage, and photon counting in scintillating optical fibers.  (See Research Laboratories.)  The optical coating lab has complete facilities for design, production, and analysis of multi-layer thin films.  The laser and spectroscopy lab is equipped with state-of-the-art lasers and devices.  It contains Nd:YAG, Ti:Sapphire, argon, and CW Spectra Physics "Millennia V" lasers, as well as a Raman and fluorescence spectrometer and a Perkin-Elmer Lambda 9 UV/VIS/NIR spectrophotometer.  The optical scintillating fiber lab is equipped with state-of-the-art photon counting systems and associated electronics.

Required Courses  (Total 36 Hours)

Physics/Math Core Courses (9 hours)

• MATH 501 (3) - Differential Equations and the Fourier Analysis
  or PHYS 511 (3) - Computational Methods in Classical Physics
• PHYS 512 (3) - Computational Electrodynamics
• PHYS 513 (3) - Computational Quantum Mechanics

Photonics Core Courses (24 hours)

• PHYS 504 (3) - Applications of Fiber Optics
• PHYS 506 (3) - Experimental Methods in Optics
• PHYS 514 (3) - Photonics I
• PHYS 515 (3) - Photonics II
• PHYS 517 (3) - Principles of Lasers
• PHYS 518 (3) - Nonlinear Optics
• PHYS 599 (6) - Thesis
  or PHYS 598 (6) - Advanced Research Project in Physics

Elective Courses - Choose a total of 3 credit hours from the following:

• PHYS 450 (3) - Solid State Physics
• PHYS 516 (1-3) - Independent study
• PHYS 520 (1-3) - Graduate Physics Project
• PHYS 580 (2-6) - Selected Topics in Physics

Typical Program of Study

A student should consult his/her adviser regularly to plan and update the course of study, and must have the adviser approve a Course Request Form in order to register each term.  For more information, please contact the Department of Physics.