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Jones Calculus and Liquid Crystals
Jones Calculus and Liquid Crystals
We introduce Jones calculus to keep track of polarization direction and use it to describe a number of examples includin... Read more
17 Feb 2009
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1hr 15mins
Ranked #2
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Nonlinear optics 1
Nonlinear optics 1
We introduce non-linear optics and discuss various forms of 3 wave mixing including frequency converters, optical parame... Read more
16 Apr 2009
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1hr 13mins
Ranked #3
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1D waveguides
1D waveguides
We look at both the ray picture and field picture of modes in a 1D waveguide.
7 Apr 2009
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1hr 12mins
Ranked #4
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Propagation in periodic media
Propagation in periodic media
We look at Bloch Wave solutions to propagation in a periodic material using Fourier analysis of the material permittivit... Read more
31 Mar 2009
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1hr 5mins
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Faraday Rotators in LIGO
Faraday Rotators in LIGO
We look at how aspects of this class relate to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) and invest... Read more
12 Feb 2009
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59mins
Ranked #6
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Optical Activity
Optical Activity
We provide a physical description for the origin of optical activity and faraday rotation in a material and useeigenmode... Read more
10 Feb 2009
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1hr 17mins
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Propagation in Anisotropic Materials
Propagation in Anisotropic Materials
We look at solutions to the wave equation in anisotropic materials and the "normal shells" that describe of those soluti... Read more
3 Feb 2009
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1hr 16mins
Ranked #8
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Photonic Crystals
Photonic Crystals
We look at the unusual properties of 2d and 3d photonic crystals
2 Apr 2009
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1hr 12mins
Ranked #9
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Acoustooptic devices
Acoustooptic devices
We look at figures of merit for acoustooptic materials and limitation on modulation bandwidth in acoustooptic modulators... Read more
26 Feb 2009
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53mins
Ranked #10
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2D Waveguides
2D Waveguides
We generalize the expressions for 1D waveguide to 2 dimensions and focus on the calculation of power coupled into a wave... Read more
14 Apr 2009
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1hr 14mins