Techical Report Guidelines Engineering Physics 4G036G03

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Techical Report GuidelinesEngineering Physics
4G03/6G03

• A written technical report is required for
  engineering physics 4G03/6G03. Submit the report
  according to the instructions provided in class.
• The following requirements must be met
• no shorter than 8 pages, no longer than 15 pages,
  including all references and figures
• black ink on white paper
• print on one side only
• single-spaced
• no more than six lines per inch
• 8.5 x 11 inch white paper (portrait format)
• margins at 1 inch
• print type size no smaller than 12 pts
• number the pages
• The report can be descriptive (essay),
  mathematical, analytical, etc. providing it is
  about optics. The report should be written at a
  senior undergraduate level (4th year level) where
  other students could read and understand the
  topic.
• The report will be marked based the technical
  content.
• Is the report written at an appropriate level
  (4th year level)? Does the report explain the
  topic in adequate detail?
• Could another student understand the topic?

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Techical Report TopicEngineering Physics
4G03/6G03

• A written technical report is required for
  engineering physics 4G03/6G03. The written
  report must be no shorter than 8 pages and no
  longer than 15 pages, including all figures and
  references. The following requirements must be
  met
• black ink on white paper
• print on one side only
• single-spaced
• no more than six lines per inch
• 8.5 x 11 inch white paper (portrait format)
• margins at 1 inch
• print type size no smaller than 12 pts
• number pages consecutively
• Please indicate below your choice of topics in
  order of preference.
• Name_____________________________
• Student ID _________________________
• Preferred Topics 1. ________________
• 2.
  ________________
• 3.
  ________________

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Suggestions for Technical Report Topics
Optical gyroscopes Hubble space
telescope Fibre-optic sensors Xerography Photograp
hy Optical barcode readers Spatial light
modulators Liquid crystals Optical
amplifiers Acousto-optics Holography Adaptive
optics Optical transistors Nonlinear
optics Fibre-optic communications Waveguides Light
intensity modulation Pulsed lasers Diffractive
optics CCD cameras Optics of the eye LIDAR Lasers
in Medicine Laser eye surgery Corrective eye
lenses Manufacturing contact lenses
Photodynamic therapy Ellipsometry Plasma
TVs Digital light processing (DLP) Optical
microelectromechanical (MEMS)
devices Biophotonics Optical dispersion Wavelength
division multiplexing Laser applications CDs and
DVDs Thin film filters Optical computing Optical
switching Integrated optics Optoelectronics Optica
l pattern recognition Fibre Bragg
gratings Optical reflectometry Fluorescence
spectroscopy Phased array waveguides Manufacturing
diffraction gratings Near-field scanning optical
microscopy (NSOM)
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Introduction
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Electromagnetic Spectrum

• Optics usually means l uv to infrared

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Plane Waves

• Ex Eo cos kz wt) ?o
• Ex is called a plane wave because the surfaces of
  constant phase, or constant field amplitude, are
  planes"

phase
y
x
v
z
wavefronts
l
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• Three-Dimensional Waves
• E Eo cos k?r wt ?o
• k?r kxx kyy kzz constant is the equation
  for a plane
• E, Eo, k, and r are vectors

dot product k?r kxx kyy kzz
y
k
x
z
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Spherical Waves

• Another well-known solution to the wave equation
  is the spherical wave
• E (Eo/r) cos k?r wt ?o
• e.g., a point source of light

y
x
k
z
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Complex Notation

• Math is easier with exponentials
• Plane waves
• E Re Eo ei(k?r wt
  ?o)
• Spherical waves
• E Re (Eo/r) ei(k?r wt
  ?o)
• Real part is assumed (we usually drop the Re
  notation)

Re Real part of
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Phasor Diagrams

• Eulers formula eix cos x i sin x

Projection on y axis E Eo sin(k?r wt ?o)
E Eo ei(k?r wt ?o)
E
Im
Eo
w
Eo
t 0
fo
t
Re
E
Projection on x axis E Eo cos(k?r wt ?o)
t