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This branch of engineering applies the principles of optics, or the study of light in physics, for the design and creation of optical devices that have real world applications. Optical engineers design and develop equipment like fibre optics, lasers and imaging systems that are used in fields from telecommunications to aerospace to medicine....…Read More
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Introduction to Optical Engineering
- Discuss the meaning and historical background of optical...
- Explain the concept and application of Gaussian beams to...
- Analyze how light travels in a straight line ... Read More

Fundamentals of MATLAB and Diffractive Optics in Optical Engineering
- Discuss the concept of Python in optical engineering and...
- Explain the variables of different types of operations o...
- Analyze the interference between two plane wa... Read More

Diploma in Optical Engineering
- Discuss the meaning and importance of optical engineerin...
- Explain the basics of optical engineering using differen...
- Analyze how light travels in a homogeneous medium and th...
- Explain the parameters of the transverse magn... Read More

Fundamentals of Monochromatic and Chromatic Aberrations in Optical Engineering
- Discuss the processes involved in ray tracing using opti...
- Explain the concept of aberration as well as the compone...
- Define the numerical aperture and its functio... Read More

Fundamentals of Ray Tracing Matrix and Principal Planes in Optical Engineering
- Explain the different techniques of the ray tracing matr...
- Discuss the concept of refraction at a planar boundary a...
- Discuss the ray tracing matrix using reflecti... Read More
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