Modern Optics Lab

The Modern Optics Lab at Eastern Michigan University is designed to integrate teaching and research in a supportive environment while emphasizing hands-on learning of important topics in modern optics. Funded by a grant from the Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE-9651149) of the National Science Foundation, the Modern Optics Lab Course (now PHY 444) was run for the first time during the Fall 1997 semester.

The course covers the following topics:

• Reflection and scattering of polarized light
• Polarization devices
• Axial He-Ne Modes
• Transverse helium-neon lasers
• Fourier optics
• Holography

Contacts

• Natthi Sharma, Professor
• Ernie Behringer, Professor

The Department of Physics & Astronomy is part of the College of Arts & Sciences, 214 Pray-Harrold