Links to educational resources

General optics

Rick Trebino's courses on Optics and Ultrafast Optics given at Georgia Tech University (http://www.physics.gatech.edu/gcuo/UltrafastOptics/)
Encyclopedia of physics including optics developed at Georgia State University (http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html)
Basics of optics as well as optical and electron microscopy from Arizona State University (http://acept.la.asu.edu/PiN/rdg/readings.shtml)
Very basic optics including fiber optics, also has basics of electronics, semiconductor devices, etc. (http://www.play-hookey.com/optics/)
Brief descriptions of various topics in optics and other fields from Wolfram Research (http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/topics/Optics.html)
Useful tips on choosing optical components for an experimental set up from CVI Laser (http://www.cvilaser.com/PublicPages/Pages/TechnicalTips.aspx)

Laser physics

Overview of principles of laser operation, types, and applications from Kansas State University (http://www.phys.ksu.edu/perg/vqm/laserweb/index.htm)
Site with many links to laser physics-related websites (http://www.educypedia.be/education/lasers.htm)
Short encyclopedia of laser physics and technology from RP Photonics Consulting (http://www.rp-photonics.com/encyclopedia.html)
A short laser tutorial (http://members.aol.com/WSRNet/tut/t1.htm)

Solid state physics and electronic properties of materials

Lecture notes in PDF format on electronic properties of materials from MIT (http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/
/Materials-Science-and-Engineering/3-225Electronic-and-Mechanical-Properties-of-MaterialsSummer2002/LectureNotes/index.htm)
Java applets for visualization of various aspects of solid state physics from SUNY at Stony Brook (http://buckminster.physics.sunysb.edu/intlearn/)
A brief overview of solid state physics and other topics from the University of Leeds (http://www.tunl.duke.edu/~cosen/phy217/MottScatteringReport/node1.html)
A lot of info on semiconductor physics from the University of Essex, but you must be able to de-couple from multiple images of Britney Spears throughout the site – no kidding (http://britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm)
A collection of solid state physics-related topics with animations (plug-in required!) (http://www.cofc.edu/~wraggj/phys408.html)
A very useful set of links on electronics, semiconductor physics, graduate student survival skills, etc. from California Polytechnic University (http://www.ee.calpoly.edu/%7Edbraun/courses/)
Electronic book on semiconductor physics from the University of Colorado (http://ece.colorado.edu/~bart/book/start.htm)
All-you-want-to-know about superconductors (http://superconductors.org/)
Glossary of superconductors-related terms (http://superconductors.org/terms.htm)

Organic electronics and photonics

A brief introduction from IBM (http://researchweb.watson.ibm.com/journal/rd/451/shaw.html)
A review of organic thin-film-transistor field up to 2001 from IBM (http://researchweb.watson.ibm.com/journal/rd/451/dimitrakopoulos.html)
Polymeric photovoltaics circa 2000 (http://acsinfo.acs.org/hotartcl/ci/00/apr/0650wallace.html)
PhD thesis in PDF format devoted to photoconductivity in organic semiconductors from Leiden University (http://www.lorentz.leidenuniv.nl/beenakker/theses/vissenberg/vissenberg.html)

Ultrafast spectroscopy

Rick Trebino's courses on Optics and Ultrafast Optics given at Georgia Tech University (http://www.physics.gatech.edu/gcuo/UltrafastOptics/)
Trends in ultrafast spectroscopy – presentation in a PDF format from Stockholm University (http://www.sysf.physto.se/instrumentation_seminars/seminars_2004/presentations/40415_ultrafast_laser.pdf)
Ultrafast tutorial by H. C. Kapteyn (http://www.unl.edu/amop/pdf_files/Kapteyn_DAMOP_2005_tutorial.pdf)

Fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy

A time-correlated-single-photon-counting (TCSPC) primer from Boston Electronics, Inc. (http://www.boselec.com/products/sigtcspcwhat.html)
A TCSPC primer in PDF format from Becker&Hickl (http://www.becker-hickl.de/pdf/spccorr3.pdf#search='TCSPC')
A fluorescence microscopy primer from Olympus, Inc. – look for info on other types of microscopy on this site as well (http://www.olympusmicro.com/primer/techniques/fluorescence/fluorhome.html)
Crash course on microscopy from the University of Leiden (http://www.monos.leidenuniv.nl/smo/index.html?basics/microscopy.htm)