| LEC # |
TOPIC |
REQUIRED READINGS |
IMPORTANT DATES |
| 1 |
Introduction/Reflection and Refraction |
H 1, 4.3-4.5, 4.7 |
Homework 1 assigned |
| 2 |
Geometrical Optics - Lenses |
H 5.2 and 6.2 |
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| 3 |
Mirrors and Prisms |
H 5.4 - 5.5 |
Homework 1 due
Homework 2 assigned
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| 4 |
Optical Systems |
H 5.7 |
Homework 2 due
Homework 3 assigned |
| 5 |
Thick Lenses/ Aberrations/Optical Design |
H 6.1, 6.3-6.5 |
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| 6 |
Geometrical Optics Overview |
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Homework 3 due
Homework 4 assigned |
| 7 |
Light as wave/ Wave Paramters |
H 2.1-2.7, 3.2-3.4 |
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| 8 |
Wave propagation; complex numbers; phasors |
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Homework 4 due
Practice Problems 1 posted
Quiz1
Homework 5 assigned |
| 9 |
Linear Systems and Fourier Transforms |
H 7.1-3, 11.1-2 |
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| 10 |
Fourier series and integrals |
Notes |
Homework 5 due
Homework 6 posted |
| 11 |
Diffraction and gratings |
H 10.1, 10.3.1-4 |
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| 12 |
Fraunhofer diffraction |
H10.2 |
Homework 6 due
Homework 7 posted |
| 13 |
Light propagation as a linear system |
H 11.1-11.3 |
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| 14 |
Fourier optics examples |
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Homework 7 due
Homework 8 posted |
| 15 |
Frequency analysis of optical systems |
H 11.3.5 |
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| 16 |
Optics as linear systems |
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Homework 8 due
Practice Problems 2 posted
Quiz 2 |
| 17 |
Coherent vs incoherent imaging |
H 12.1-12.2 |
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| 18 |
Optical transfer functions |
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Homework 9 posted |
| 19 |
Diffractive optics. Holography |
H 10.3.5, H13.3 |
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| 20 |
Diffraction & coherence overview |
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Homework 9 due
Homework 10 posted |
| 21 |
Interference and interferometers |
H 9.1-6 |
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2.710 Project Presentations
Homework 10 due |
| 22 |
Polarization. Light sources and detectors
Fiber optics. Optical networking |
H 4.6,8.1-2, H 13.1 H 5.6 |
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