Modernization of the Advanced Undergraduate Optics Laboratory

该大学最近在物理学学士学位课程中设立了现代光学专业。这个实验室的一些基本设备是当地高科技公司捐赠的。目前，主要的实验室设备包括Zygo干涉仪和Genesee光学设计软件供学生使用。这个项目的目标是为那些攻读博士学位的学生提供高质量的光学教育。此外，它还使那些直接为硅谷当地雇主工作的学生受益。实验在6个领域进行：透镜系统、光纤、干涉测量、全息、衍射和傅立叶光学以及偏振。该设备继续光学实验室的现代化和改进。

The University has recently established a concentration in modern optics within the B.S Program in Physics. Some of the basic equipment for this laboratory has been acquired as donations from local high tech companies. At present, the major lab equipment includes a Zygo Interferometer and Genesee Optical Design Software for use by students. This project has as its goal a high quality education in optics for those students going on to the Ph.D. In addition, it is benefitting students who go directly to work for some of the local employers in Silicon Valley. Experiments are being done in 6 areas: lens systems, fiber optics, interferometry, holography, diffraction and Fourier optics, and polarization. The equipment continues the modernization and improvement of the Optics Laboratory.