GRADUATE STUDY PROGRAM .: Master´s Degree in Science (optics)
Graduated college students with certificates issued from the following majors: Physics, Physical-Mathematical Science, Mathematics, as well as from a field of Engineering (Physics Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Electric Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Chemical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, or the like)
GENERAL OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM
The Master's Degree program (Optics) has the objective of generating human resources with vast theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of Optics; likewise, it aims at developing basic methodological skills for research, technological innovation and the spreading of knowledge.
GRADUATE'S PROFILE
A student graduating from the Master's Degree program (Optics) has solid knowledge about Optics in general, and in particular about the different areas being developed in each of the research departments of the institution, such as Optical Engineering and Instrumentation, Optical Metrology, Optical Properties of Matter, and Optical Fibers. In addition, he or she will have acquired skills and dexterities that enable him or her to spread and teach scientific knowledge, to propose solutions to technological problems related to Optics, and to design experimental approaches to solve basic problems in the field. As a result of his formation, he or she has and shows, in his professional development, attitudes of intellectual and methodological openness before those elements of reality that relate to his or her professional work.
COURSES FOR THE MASTER'S DEGREE IN SCIENCE (OPTICS)
FIRST QUARTER:
1 MATHEMATICAL METHODS
2 RADIOMETRY AND PHOTOMETRY
3 OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION I
4 ELECTROMAGNETISM
Additionally, English and Research Seminar (without credits).
SECOND QUARTER:
1 PHYSICAL OPTICS
2 OPTOELECTRONICS
3 LASERS
4 QUANTUM MECHANICS
Additionally, English and Research Seminar (without credits).
THIRD QUARTER:
1 OPTICS LAB
2 OPTIONAL COURSE I
3 OPTIONAL COURSE II
Additionally, English and Research Seminar (without credits), as well as selection of thesis subject and advisor.
FOURTH QUARTER:
1 OPTIONAL COURSE III
2 THESIS WRITING
FIFTH QUARTER:
1 THESIS WRITING
SIXTH QUARTER:
1 THESIS WRITING
Degree examination
Specialty Courses
1. Optical Instrumentation I
2. Surface Scattering
3. Interferometry
4. Selected Topics in Optical Metrology I
5. Selected Topics in Optical Metrology II
6. Dimensional Metrology
7. Optical Metrology
8. Digital Processing of Images
9. Computer Vision
10. Characterization of Laser Materials
11. Pattern Recognition
12. Programming
13. Introduction to Chaotic Dynamics
14. Digital Processing of Images
15. Optics Lab II
16. Introduction to Criptography and Optical and Printed Security
17. Thin Films
18. Non-homogeneous Film Optical Filters
19. Holography
20. Fourier Optics
21. Introduction to MatLab and Visualization
22. Advanced Lab (Amorphous Materials)
23. Spectroscopy of Solid State Laser Materials
24. Non-linear Optics
25. Optical Engineering
26. Infrared Technology
27. Solid State Lasers
28. Introduction to Materials Engineering
29. Photo-refractive Materials and their Photonic Applications
30. Optical Materials
31. Criteria and Principles of Measurement
32. Fundamentals of Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy
33. Computer Simulation in Optics and Digital Treatment of Signals
34. Scientific Engineering
35. Advanced Optical Design I
36. Advanced Optical Design II
37. Digital Processing of Signals
38. Polarized Light
39. Testing of Optical Systems
40. Topics in Classical Optics
41. Psychophysics of Human Visual System
42. Double Clad Optical Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers
43. Fiber Optics
44. Non-linear Effects in Optical Fibers
45. Optical Fiber Sensors
46. Characterization of Flat Wave Leads
47. Advanced Topics: Nanostructured Materials
48. Speckle Metrology Lab
49. Fabrication of Optical Fibers
50. Optical Technology
51. Numerical Methods Applied in Optics
52. Optical Fiber Based Lasers and Amplifiers