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Engineering Physics
Department of Physics & Engineering Physics, College of Arts and Science

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Engineering Physics > 400-level+
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE COURSES
EP 413.3
Instrumentation and Design
1(3L)
Prerequisite(s): EP 321.
Corequisite(s): EP 414.

A course in electronic instrumentation and in design of measuring equipment. Emphasis is placed on digital techniques for the measurement of physical parameters.

EP 414.3
Instrumentation Laboratory
1(4P)
Prerequisite(s): EP 321.
Corequisite(s): EP 413.

A number of laboratory exercises based on the material given in EP 413 are carried out. The aim of the laboratory is to introduce the student to the practical problems and challenges associated with microprocessor based instrumentation design.

EP 421.3
Optical Systems and Materials I
1(3L-4P)
Prerequisite(s): PHYS 356 (or EP 356); EP 225.

An advanced course in physical optics. The polarization state of electromagnetic waves, the Stokes parameters and Poincaré sphere, and the matrix approach to polarizing systems. Detailed study of refractive index in materials, namely gases, dielectrics (particularly glass), plasmas and metals. Introduction to anisotropy in the refractive indices of materials - birefringent materials, and quarter-wave, half-wave plates, and Polaroid sheets. Ray tracing applied to the ionospheric plasma. Interference of light: two-source interference in the coherent and partially coherent cases. An introduction to statistical optics and the role of the detector response time. N-source interference applied to diffraction gratings and to antenna arrays with tapering and beam-steering. Multiple-beam interference and Fabry-Perot (F-P) interferometers. Resolving power of gratings and F-P interferometers.

EP 431.3
Optical Systems and Materials II
2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): EP 421.

Diffraction of light - Fraunhofer and Fresnel. Anisotropic effects on the polarization of electromagnetic waves, particularly by reflection and refraction, by birefringent materials (prisms, Fresnel rhombs), and by electro-optic and magneto-optic systems; application of these effects to modulation of light. Circular birefringence as the cause of Faraday rotation and optical activity. Dielectric waveguides and fiber optics. Light-emitting diodes. Fundamentals of stimulated emission and lasers; types of lasers. Optical amplifiers, optical detectors, and optical communication systems.

EP 464.3
Advanced Applied Electromagnetism
1(3L)
Prerequisite(s): PHYS 356 (or EP 356) and MATH 338.

Applied boundary value problems: basic theory, analytical and numerical methods, applications to high-voltage insulator and bushing design, magnetic pole-piece design. Theory of transmission lines, Smith chart. Launching and propagation of free and guided waves: antennas, waveguides, cutoff frequency, TE, TM, TEM modes, cavity resonators, directional couplers.

Note: Students who have credit for PHYS 463 will not receive credit for this course.

EP 495.6
Capstone Design Project
1&2(1.5L-3P)
Prerequisite(s): EP 317 and PHYS 356 (or EP 356); .
Corequisite(s): EP 413, 414 and 421.

This is a year-long design project incorporating all the steps and procedures used by professional engineers.

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