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Lecture Notes

LEC # TOPIC NOTES
1 Introduction/Reflection and Refraction (PDF)
2 Geometrical Optics - Lenses (PDF)
3 Mirrors and Prisms (PDF)
4 Optical Systems (PDF)
5 Thick Lenses/ Aberrations/Optical Design  
6 Geometrical Optics Overview  
7 Light as wave/ Wave Paramters (PDF)
8 Plane waves, spherical waves  
9 Linear Systems and Fourier Transforms  
10 Fourier series and integrals  
11 Diffraction and gratings  
12 Fraunhofer diffraction  
13 Light propagation as a linear system (PDF)
14 Fourier optics examples  
15 Frequency analysis of optical systems (PDF)
16 Imaging and resolution  
17 Coherent vs incoherent imaging  
18 Inverse problems; resolution revisited  
19 Diffractive optics. Holography  
20 Volume holograms; holographic storage  
21 Interference and interferometers  
22 Polarization. Light sources and detectors (PDF)
23 Fiber optics. Optical networking (PDF)
  Review (PDF)