Course Number:

Credit Hours:

4

Course Title:

Light and Information

Course Description:

Covers the fundamentals of classical and quantum optical signal processing and information theory. Topics include a review of basic wave theory for signal and information processing, classical wave entropy and information, number of degrees of freedom and information capacity of classical imaging systems, information-theoretic wave imaging algorithms, number of degrees of freedom and information capacity of general wave radiation, propagation and scattering systems, basic quantum physics for electrical and computer engineers, quantum bits (qubits), quantum circuits, quantum entanglement, the basics of quantum wave entropy and information, and the basics of quantum information theory. Applications covered include information-theoretic characterization of wireless and antenna systems, fundamental limits in sensors and vision, optical imaging, optical communications, and cryptography.