项目 & 课程

The LaserTech program covers the creation and application of devices that use light. You will learn how optical components and systems are manufactured, assembled, aligned, 和测试. All LaserTech 课程s emphasize hardware demonstrations, hands-on lab 工作和职业申请. Classes are taught using National Science 基金会 curricula which were written based on industry feedback that incorporates the most 受欢迎的技能.

Opportunities to build industry relationships and earn internships with LaserTech’s network of business partners across the US will be provided via company presentations, equipment demonstrations, shop-floor tours, and field trips.

程序选项

Earn a certificate, earn a degree, or earn a certificate and a degree!

In less than two years, you can complete the LaserTech Certificate of Achievement via the core LaserTech 课程s, or add a few more general electives to earn an Associate 激光技术学位!

Upon completion of the program, you will be:

  • Equipped with the necessary skills to immediately become a valuable technician in 这个行业.
  • Better prepared to excel in a four-year engineering program
  • Capable of expediting graduate school lab work.
  • Able to advance your career by mastering more technically demanding job duties.

核心激光技术课程

This 课程 introduces the fundamental properties of light, including its interaction 从材料中产生和产生. Optical hardware is used in lecture demonstrations and laboratory experiments to show how light can be controlled. 必要的组件 of optical systems are studied, including lenses, mirrors, prisms, windows, sources, detectors, optoelectronics, polarizers, fibers, and gratings. 学生将获得实践经验 experience with industrial 硬件和工具 as they construct basic optical component test setups and systems in the laboratory. 没有先决条件 这门课.

This 课程 details the most important tools that are used when working with light, from lasers and other light sources to cameras and sensors. 使用光子器件 in lecture demonstrations and laboratory experiments to show how light can be generated, 被操纵，被捕获. Hardware is broken down to its constituent components – lasers are reduced to gain media, pump sources, and mirror cavities; cameras are reduced to the lenses, detectors and processors. 学生将获得实践经验 experience with industrial 硬件和工具 in the laboratory. 没有先决条件 for this 课程.

4单元- 3.5小时讲座，1.5小时实验

This 课程 addresses the basics of specification, manufacturing, and assessment of 精密光学. It presents an introduction to quality assurance (QA) practices required to identify, inspect, and measure optical components. 材料及过路费 found in an industrial optics fabrication and inspection shop are used in lecture demonstrations and laboratory experiments. 学生将获得实践经验 experience with these industrial materials and QA tools in the laboratory. 没有先决条件 这门课.

This 课程 is a hands-on laboratory 课程 that will detail the measurement techniques required to ensure that a fabricated assembly or system meets its procurement specifications. It covers the design and application of optical metrology instrumentation such as interferometers and modulation transfer function measurement systems. 强调的是 on test applications that are required in quality assurance for optical engineering 和制造业. 学生将获得实践经验 experience in the laboratory with industrial 硬件和工具. 没有先决条件 这门课.

可选的激光技术课程

This 课程 provides students an opportunity for supervised work experience. 学生 extend their classroom-based occupational learning by working at a job related to their major and to their occupational goal. Student, instructor, and employer will cooperatively develop a minimum of three learning objectives. 一个单位的信用会 be awarded for each 75 hours of paid or 60 hours of volunteer employment for successful completion of learning objectives, and for attendance at scheduled seminar sessions. A maximum of four units may be applied toward major requirements or a certificate. 没有先决条件 这门课.