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Optics

29 episodes

This course provides an introduction to optical science with elementary engineering applications. Topics covered in geometrical optics include: ray-tracing, aberrations, lens design, apertures and stops, radiometry and photometry. Topics covered in wave optics include: basic electrodynamics, polarization, interference, wave-guiding, Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction, image formation, resolution, space-bandwidth product. Analytical and numerical tools used in optical design are emphasized. Graduate students are required to complete assignments with stronger analytical content, and an advanced design project.

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Lecture 25: Resolution; defocused optical systems

Published: Aug. 18, 2011, 5:25 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 42 seconds

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Light Propagation in Sub-wavelength Modulated Media

Published: Aug. 18, 2011, 5:24 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 6 seconds

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Design of a Cooke Triplet

Published: Aug. 18, 2011, 5:24 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 7 seconds

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Holographic Tomography

Published: Aug. 18, 2011, 5:24 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 3 seconds

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Accuracy Requirements in the Mechanical Assessment of Photonic Crystals

Published: Aug. 18, 2011, 5:24 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 34 seconds

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Holographic Particle Image Velocimetry

Published: Aug. 18, 2011, 5:24 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 10 seconds

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Lecture 26: Depth of focus and field; polarization; wave plates

Published: Aug. 18, 2011, 5:23 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 23 seconds

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Wigner Distribution Function and Integral Imaging

Published: Aug. 18, 2011, 5:23 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 24 seconds

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Lecture 23: Imaging with a single lens

Published: Aug. 18, 2011, 5:21 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 8 seconds

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Lecture 22: Coherent and incoherent imaging

Published: Aug. 18, 2011, 5:19 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 19 seconds

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Lecture 20: Shift invariance; pupil engineering; the Talbot effect

Published: Aug. 18, 2011, 5:19 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 57 minutes 3 seconds

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Lecture 19: The 4F system; binary amplitude & pupil masks

Published: Aug. 18, 2011, 5:14 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes 23 seconds

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Lecture 17: Fraunhofer diffraction; Fourier transforms and theorems

Published: Aug. 18, 2011, 5:06 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 12 seconds

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Lecture 18: Spatial filtering; lens transfer functions & transforms

Published: Aug. 18, 2011, 5:02 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 48 seconds

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Lecture 16: Gratings: amplitude and phase, sinusoidal and binary

Published: Aug. 18, 2011, 4:10 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 43 seconds

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Lecture 15: Huygens principle; interferometers; Fresnel diffraction

Published: Aug. 18, 2011, 4:06 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 16 seconds

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Lecture 11: The Hamiltonian formulation; introduction to waves

Published: Aug. 18, 2011, 4:05 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 33 seconds

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Lecture 14: Maxwell's equations; polarization; Poynting's vector

Published: Aug. 18, 2011, 4:04 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 11 seconds

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Lecture 13: 3D wave phenomena; introduction to electromagnetics

Published: Aug. 18, 2011, 4:04 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes 51 seconds

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Lecture 7: Basics of mirrors, magnifiers, and microscopes

Published: Aug. 18, 2011, 4:02 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 24 seconds

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Lecture 12: The wave equation; phasor representation; 3D waves

Published: Aug. 18, 2011, 4:01 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 48 seconds

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Lecture 9: More aberrations; optical design; GRadient INdex (GRIN)

Published: Aug. 18, 2011, 3:59 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 11 seconds

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Lecture 5: Thick lenses; the composite lens; the eye

Published: Aug. 18, 2011, 3:55 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes 50 seconds

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Lecture 8: Telescopes; aberrations: chromatic, spherical, and coma

Published: Aug. 18, 2011, 3:53 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 7 seconds

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Lecture 6: Terms: apertures, stops, pupils, and windows; single-lens camera

Published: Aug. 18, 2011, 3:53 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 30 seconds

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Lecture 4: Sign conventions; thin lenses; real and virtual images

Published: Aug. 18, 2011, 3:50 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 16 seconds

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Lecture 3: Focusing, imaging, and the paraxial approximation

Published: Aug. 18, 2011, 3:49 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 58 seconds

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Lecture 2: Reflection and refraction; prisms, waveguides, and dispersion

Published: Aug. 18, 2011, 2:59 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 54 seconds

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Lecture 1: Course organization; introduction to optics

Published: Aug. 18, 2011, 2:58 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 43 seconds

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