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Teaching diffraction gratings by means of a phasor analysis

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• Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (ETOP) 2009 paper: EMA1
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• Sánchez-López, Ma del Mar; Moreno, Ignacio; Martínez-García, Antonio
• Diffraction gratings play a very important educational role in describing wave properties of light. In this work we present a simple phasor technique to fully ...

HANDS-ON OPTICS TRAINING COURSES FOR SCHOOL TEACHERS

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• Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (ETOP) 2009 paper: EMA2
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• Costa, Manuel F M; Vazquez-Dorrio, José B
• For long time optics' scientists all around the world realised the importance to the development of optics of providing our school students a good effective education in optics. A...

Holography as a tool for advanced learning of optics and photonics

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• Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (ETOP) 2009 paper: EMA3
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• Dyomin, Victor V; Polovtsev, Igor G; Olshukov, Alexey S

• Laboratory works on holograms recording, reconstruction and interpretation are useful for two reasons. Firstly, holography is widely used in science and engineering. Secondly,...

Introducing Biophotonics to Undergraduates across the disciplines

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• Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (ETOP) 2009 paper: EMA4
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• Girkin, John; Culshaw, Brian; Mauchline, Iain; Walsh, Doug
• This paper describes our approach to introducing the basic principles of experimental Biophotonics to undergraduates. We have centred on optical microscopy since this is fundamental...

Students Misconceptions about Light in Algeria

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• Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (ETOP) 2009 paper: EMA5
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• Blizak, D; Chafiqi, F; Kendil, D

• Physics education research has shown that students have difficulties in learning essential optics concepts.

  Therefore, in this present work we deal with student's...

Experimental modules covering imaging, diffraction, Fourier optics and polarization based on a liquid-crystal cell SLM

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• Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (ETOP) 2009 paper: EMA6
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• Hermerschmidt, Andreas
• In close collaboration with four German universities, we have developed tutorials for experiments based on a transmissive liquid-crystal spatial light modulator (SLM). The...

Thematic course design for an undergraduate photonics engineering course

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• Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (ETOP) 2009 paper: EMA7
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• Shoop, Barry L

• The traditional approach to undergraduate engineering course design is to first present underlying theoretical concepts in the course curriculum and then subsequently apply these...

Development of an Intelligent Learning Resource using Computer Simulation about Optical Communications

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• Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (ETOP) 2009 paper: EMB1
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• Mamud, Marcelo; Stump, Sandra
• In recent years there have been some proposals to develop educational tools using multimedia and interactive resources, however, most of them just transpose the traditional materials...

Web-based photonics simulator for secondary school students

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• Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (ETOP) 2009 paper: EMB2
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• Campbell, Sam; Madden, Kali; Strickland, Adam; Williams, Robert; Jovanovic, Nemanja; Johnston, Benjamin F; Dawes, Judith M

• In the “real world”, Photonics is somewhat invisible to those who rely upon it worldwide. We would like students to connect their everyday experiences of communications with the...

Optical phase measurement emphasized

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• Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (ETOP) 2009 paper: EMB3
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• Salik, Ertan
• In undergraduate optics laboratory, one thing that is not easily achieved is quantitative measurement of optical phase. The reason is that optical phase measurement usually requires...

Stokes parameters in undergraduate laboratory exercises

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• Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (ETOP) 2009 paper: EMB4
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• Topasna, Gregory A; M , Daniela
• Polarization is a concept most students readily understand in terms of the preferential direction of electric field vectors. The visualization of the electric field component of an...

Optoelectronic Technology Profiles — Motivating & Developing Research Skills in Undergraduate Students

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• Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (ETOP) 2009 paper: EMB5
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• Kane, D M
• A case study is described of the redesign of an assessment task — the writing of an Optoelectronic Technology profile — to achieve improved outcomes in student education and...

The Laser Institute of Technology for Education and Research At Camden County College How it has Changed and Evolved after 20 years

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• Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (ETOP) 2009 paper: EMCA1
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• Seeber, Fred P
• The Laser Institute of Technology for Education and Research (LITER), nationally and internationally recognized in the field of Photonics, is a state of the art facility built in...

« Terre des Lasers »: The new Aquitaine Outreach and communication center in photonics

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• Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (ETOP) 2009 paper: EMCA2
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• PRULHIERE, Jean Paul; SARGER, Laurent

Optics in Eastern Connecticut

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• Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (ETOP) 2009 paper: EMCA3
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• Magnani, Nancy; Donnelly, Judith
• Through a partnership between EASTCONN, a regional educational service center, and Three Rivers Community College, both located in eastern Connecticut, students from 5th grade...

New Optical Museum at Saint-Petersburg for education and training

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• Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (ETOP) 2009 paper: EMCA4
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• Vasil'ev, V N; Stafeef, S K; Tomilin, M G

• Nowadays the educational problem of teaching optics and photonics is to attract the young generation to the wonderful and magic world of light, optical science, technology and...

OPTICS OUTREACH IN IRISH CONTEXT

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• Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (ETOP) 2009 paper: EMCA5
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• Hugh, Emer Mc; Smith, Arlene

• The Applied Optics Group, National University of Ireland Galway is a research centre involved in programmes that cover a wide variety of topics in applied optics and imaging...

Elevation of Optics and Photonics Education in Thailand

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• Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (ETOP) 2009 paper: EMCB1
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• Phoojaruenchanachai, Suwannee; Sumriddetchkajorn, Sarun
• We initiate a pilot project of photonics education outreach to Thai society in order to heighten public awareness and to inspire new generations of science and technology in...

From university to company — education of optical communications in cooperation with industry at Technical University of Ostrava

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• Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (ETOP) 2009 paper: EMCB2
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• Vasinek, Vladimir; Skapa, Jan; Siska, Petr; Hanacek, Frantisek; Latal, Jan; Koudelka, Petr; Petrikova, Iva
• Paper deals with cooperation between companies and university, especially with interactions companies and students, companies and pedagogues. At present it is possible to observe...

University to night school, to graduate school, to training to short course

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• Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (ETOP) 2009 paper: EMCB3
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• Fjarlie, EJ
• Observations from teaching and learning over a 50 year span in various venues are made. The emphasis is on optics/photonics, but excursions are made into lower frequency...