2.71 OpticsFALL 2005 SYLLABUS(Key: H=Hecht, G=Goodman)Date Lecture/Assignments/Notes ReadingWe 9/7 Introduction; photons, EM spectrum H1, H3.3.3,3.6Reflection & refraction H4.3-5,5.4.1HW1 postedMo 9/12 Total internal reflection, waveguiding H4.7,5.6Prisms, paraboloidal reflectors H5.5,4.5.4.2We 9/14 Introduction to lenses H5.2,6.2HW1 due; HW2 postedMo 9/19 Student holiday – no classesWe 9/21 Reflective optics H5.4.3Geometrical optics – Lenses H6.1HW2 due; HW3 postedMo 9/26 The human eye H5.7.1-2We 9/28 Apertures and stops H5.3HW3 due; HW4 postedMo 10/3 Optical systems H5.7.3-7We 10/5 Aberrations, optical design H6.3-5Geometrical Optics overviewHW4 due; practice problems postedMo 10/10 Columbus holiday – no classesWe 10/12 QUIZ 1 (1sthour)Electromagnetic waves (2ndhour) H2.1-6,3.1-2Mo 10/17 Properties of electromagnetic waves H2.7-9,3.3We 10/19 Polarization H8.1-3Two–beam interference H9.1,9.3-4Fabry–Perot interferometer H9.6HW5 postedMo 10/24 Lasers; coherence H13.1.3,9.2We 10/26 Spatial Fourier transforms H11.2, G2.1HW5 due; HW6 postedDate Lecture/Assignments/Notes ReadingMo 10/31 The spatial frequency domain G2.3We 11/2 Fresnel & Fraunhofer diffraction G4.2-4HW6 due; HW7 postedMo 11/7 Wave description of lenses G5.1Fourier–transforming property of lenses G5.2We 11/9 Coherent imaging using lenses G5.3,6.2HW7 due; HW8 postedMo 11/14 Incoherent imaging G6.1-3We 11/16 Review of coherent/incoherent imagingand spatial filteringHW8 due; practice problems postedMo 11/21 QUIZ 2We 11/23 Resolution of imaging systemsAberration effects on resolution G6.4HW9 postedMo 11/28 Comparison of coherent/incoherent imaging G6.5Resolution beyond the diffraction limit G6.6We 11/30 Wavefront modulation G7.1-3HW9 due; HW10 postedMo 12/5 Introduction to holography G9.1-6We 12/7 Volume holography, applications G9.7,9.12HW10 due; practice problems postedMo 12/12 Image restoration G8.8We 12/14 Modern optics: 3D imaging, nano–photonicsGeneral
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