Optics Courses and Certifications

Thorlabs

Next Level Quantum Optics - Polarization Entanglement Made Easy

Discover polarization entanglement fundamentals and Bell's inequality violations using Thorlabs' educational kit with hands-on experiments and practical demonstrations.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Open Compute Project

Development Challenges and Next Generation Opportunities for Linear Drive Pluggable Optics

Explore Meta's approach to optical interconnects for AI workloads, covering 200G-L transceivers, LPO/LRO technologies, and power-efficient solutions for data centers.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Open Compute Project

Optics for AI Networks - Scaling for Large Clusters

Explore optical connectivity solutions for scaling AI clusters, covering co-packaged optics, VCSEL-based near packaged optics, and silicon photonics technologies.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NYU Physics

Gravitational Lensing of Gravitational Waves in the Wave-Optics Regime

Explore gravitational wave lensing through wave-optics, covering diffraction, interference effects, and scattering-amplitude approaches to probe small-scale cosmic structures.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Inside Livermore Lab

Taking the Twinkle out of Stars: The Engineering of Adaptive Optics

Discover how Adaptive Optics technology corrects atmospheric distortions in real-time, allowing us to observe distant celestial objects like exoplanets by using specialized sensors, algorithms, and adjustable mirrors.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Data Analytics Foundations

94 ratings at CreativeLive

Explore core data analytics concepts including descriptive statistics, regression, forecasting, and probability to support data-driven decision-making.

• CreativeLive
• 6 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Introduction to Light Interference

Let's learn more about the ubiquitous physical phenomenon, which proves that light is a wave!

• OpenLearning
• 1-2 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Physics Depth Study 12.1: Spectroscopy

Join now to access teacher resources for running a Year 12 depth study on spectroscopy, including how to build a spectrometer, with your class.

• OpenLearning
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Coursera

Fiber Optics and Photonics/Design & Activate WDM/DWDM Fiber

Master the design, activation, and evaluation of CWDM and DWDM fiber links, building practical skills in link budgets, OSNR diagnostics, wavelength planning, and real-world WDM network deployment.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Ray Optics Class 12

You will learn about reflection of light, spherical mirror, concave mirror, convex mirror, refraction, total internal reflection, real and apparent depth, lens, prism, optical instruments, the human eye, microscope, and much more.

• YouTube
• 7 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Physics - Light and Optics

Explore light behavior through reflection, refraction, lenses, and optical phenomena. Gain insights into interference, diffraction, and applications in optical instruments.

• YouTube
• 8 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Career Certificate

Ray Tracing from Scratch in C++

Master ray tracing in C++ by building a photorealistic renderer from scratch, covering pixels, spheres, materials, antialiasing, depth of field, and a polished final render.

• CodeSignal
• 16 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate
• 4 courses

Imagining Other Earths

417 ratings at Coursera

Explore astronomy, biology, and planetary science to speculate about extraterrestrial life. Invent solar systems and learn about habitable zones, exoplanets, and the search for technologically advanced civilizations.

• Coursera
• 26 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

基礎光學一 (Introduction to Optics (1))

71 ratings at Coursera

以深入淺出的概念說明日常生活與科學應用中常見的光學現象，特色在於大量的範例以及實驗展示。

• Coursera
• 22 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

光学工程基础

从探索宇宙的望远镜到观察微观世界的显微镜，从液晶电视到手机镜头，光学仪器不断影响和改变我们的生活。本课程教你掌握工程光学的基本概念和工程应用。

• XuetangX
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course