Readings

Some class sessions do not have associated readings.

The textbooks for the course are:

[Pedrotti] = Pedrotti, Frank L., Leno M. Pedrotti, and Leno S. Pedrotti. Introduction to Optics. Addison-Wesley, 2006. ISBN: 9780131499331.

[Goodman] = Goodman, Joseph W. Introduction to Fourier Optics. McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1968. ISBN: 9780070237766.

SES # READINGS AND TOPICS
1

[Pedrotti]

Chapter 1: Nature of Light.
2

[Pedrotti]

Chapter 2: Geometrical Optics.
3

[Pedrotti]

Chapter 3: Optical Instrumentation.
4

[Pedrotti]

Chapter 18: Matrix Methods in Paraxial Optics.
5

[Pedrotti]

Chapter 3: Optical Instrumentation.
9

[Pedrotti]

  • Chapter 4: Properties of Lasers.
  • Chapter 25: Optical Properties of Materials.
11

[Pedrotti]

  • Chapter 5: Wave Equations.
  • Chapter 7: Interference of Light.
  • Chapter 8: Optical Interferometry.
12

[Goodman]

Chapter 2: Analysis of Two-Dimensional Signals and Systems.

  • Fourier Analysis in Two Dimensions
  • Local Spatial Frequency and Space-Frequency Localization
  • Linear Systems
  • Two-Dimensional Sampling Theory
14

[Goodman]

  • Chapter 4.3: The Fraunhofer Approximation.
  • Chapter 4.4.1: Rectangular Aperture.
  • Chapter 4.4.2: Circular Aperture.
  • Chapter 4.5.2: Fresnel Diffraction by a Sinusoidal Amplitude Grating.
15

[Goodman]

  • Chapter 4.4.3: Thin Sinusoidal Amplitude Grating.
  • Chapter 4.4.4: Thin Sinusoidal Phase Grating.
16

[Goodman]

  • Chapter 5.1: A Thin Lens as a Phase Transformation.
    • The Thickness Function
    • The Paraxial Approximation
    • The Phase Transformation and Its Physical Meaning
  • Chapter 5.2: Fourier Transforming Properties of Lenses.
    • Input Placed Against the Lens
    • Input Placed in Front of the Lens
    • Input Placed Behind the Lens
    • Example of an Optical Fourier Transform
  • Chapter 8.1.1: The Abbe-Porter Experiments.
17

[Goodman]

  • Chapter 8.1.2: The Zemike Phase-Contrast Microscope.
  • Chapter 8.3: Coherent Optical Information Processing Systems.
    • Coherent System Architectures
    • Constraints on Filter Realization
21

[Pedrotti]

  • Chapter 26: Laser Operation.
  • Chapter 27: Characteristics of Laser Beams.
22

[Pedrotti]

  • Chapter 14: Matrix Treatment of Polarization.
  • Chapter 15: Production of Polarized Light.