Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Optical Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder

Advanced optics design. We design high-performance optical systems for a wide range of applications.

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קורס אונליין - התמחות מקצועית מוסמכת בהנדסת אופטיקה של אוניברסיטת קולורדו בולדר

Professional Certificate

Advanced

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Optical systems specifications
  • Optimization of optical systems
  • Optics design

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Optical Engineer
  • Optical systems designer
  • Software developer in the field of optics
  • Optical systems analysis specialist
  • Mechanical Engineer with a specialization in optics
  • Researcher in the field of optics and advanced optics
  • Project Manager in the field of optics
  • Medical technology specialist in the field of endoscopy
  • Camera Development Engineer
  • Telescope engineer

Internship – a three-part course series

General information

  • The courses in this training are also awarded academic credit as ECEA 5600-5602.
  • The courses are part of CU Boulder’s Master of Science in Electrical Engineering program.
  • Sign up here.

Optical instruments

Optical devices are the way we see the world, from glasses for vision correction to medical endoscopes, mobile phone cameras, and telescopes orbiting the Earth.

What you will learn in the course
  • Designing optical systems using simple graphic techniques.
  • Transforming designs on paper to include real optical components such as:
    • Lenses
    • Interference networks
    • Prisms
  • Entering the designs into an industry standard design tool, Zemax’s OpticStudio.
  • Analyze and improve performance with powerful automated optimization methods.

Hands-on Learning Project

In each course in this training, you will design increasingly complex optical systems, like those you will find in the real world.

  • Using basic mathematical tools.
  • The application of OpticStudio software, developed by Zemax, for the final design.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

First-order optical system design

  • Course 1

    • Duration: 21 hours
    • Rating: 4.3 (318 raters)
    Course Details

    What you will learn:

    • You will be able to design first-order optical systems using simple mathematical and graphical techniques.

Optical efficiency and resolution

  • Course 2

    • Duration: 21 hours
    • Rating: 4.2 (59 raters)
    Course Details

    What you will learn:

    • Design an optical system using simple mathematical and graphical techniques
    • Design an optical system with required field of view and resolution
    • Analyze the characteristics of your optical system using the industry-standard design tool, Zemax OpticStudio

Designing high-performance optical systems

  • Course 3

    • Duration: 23 hours
    • Rating: 4.6 (46 raters)
    Course Details

    What you will learn:

    • Describe how different wavelengths propagate in systems.
    • Develop strategies for correcting anomalies and improving the performance of optical devices in various applications
    • Describe the nature and effects of optical aberrations, especially in high-angle, non-fragile systems.

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