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LEC # TOPICS LECTURE NOTES
1 Introduction; Photons, EM Spectrum

Reflection and Refraction
(PDF)
2 Prisms, Fibers, and Reflective Lenses

Total Internal Reflection
Prisms
Dispersion
Optical Fibers and other Waveguides
Reflection from Paraboloidal Mirrors
(PDF)
3 Lenses and Imaging (Part I)

Why is Imaging Necessary: Huygen's Principle
Refraction at Spherical Surfaces (Paraxial Approximation)
Optical Power and Imaging Condition
Matrix Formulation of Geometrical Optics
The Thin Lens
Surfaces of Positive/negative Power
Real and Virtual Images
(PDF)
4 Lenses and Imaging (Part II)

Reminders from Part I
Surfaces of Positive/negative Power
Real and Virtual Images
Imaging Condition
Thick Lenses
Principal Planes
(PDF)
5 Imaging Instruments (part I)

Principal Planes and Focal Lengths (Effective, Back, Front)
Multi-Element Systems
Pupils and Windows; Apertures and Stops
The Numerical Aperture and f/#
Single-Lens Camera
Human Eye
Reflective Optics
Scheimpflug Condition
(PDF)
6 Imaging Instruments (part II)

Photographic Camera
Single-Lens Magnifier
Microscope
Telescope
Examples
(PDF)
7 Geometrical Optics Overview  
8 Quiz 1  
9 Aberrations: Chromatic; Geometrical Part 1 (PDF)

Part 2 (PDF)
10 Polarization

Energy/Poynting's Vector

Reflection and Refraction at a Dielectric Interface
(PDF)
11 A New Look at Propagation and Phase Delays

Description of Plane and Spherical Waves in terms of Phase Delay

Interference

Interferometers
(PDF)
12 Multiple Beam Interferometers: Fabry-Perot Resonators

Principles of Lasers

Coherence: Spatial/temporal
(PDF)
13 The Spatial Frequency Domain (PDF)
14 The Imaging Problem (PDF - 1.1 MB)
15 Overview from Last Week

Optical Systems Act as Linear Shift-Invariant (LSI) Filters
Analysis Tool for LSI Filters: Fourier Transform
(PDF)
16 Diffraction from Periodic Transparencies: Gratings

Grating Dispersion

Wave Optics Description of a Lens: Quadratic Phase Delay

Lens as Fourier Transform Engine
(PDF)
17 Imaging with Coherent Light: Coherent Image Formation (PDF)
18 Review of Spatial Filtering with Coherent Illumination

Derivation of the Lens Law using Wave Optics

Point-Spread Function of a System with Incoherent Illumination

The Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) and Optical Transfer Function (OTF)

Comparison of Coherent and Incoherent Imaging

Resolution and Image Quality
(PDF)
19 Resolution (PDF)
20 Fourier Optics Overview  
21 Quiz 2  
22 Resolution

Wavefront Modulation
(PDF)
23 The Fresnel Zone Plate (FZP) (PDF)
24 Volume Holography, Applications

2.710 Project Presentations
 
25 Holography

Preamble: Modulation and Demodulation
The Principle of Wavefront Reconstruction
The Leith-Upatnieks Hologram
The Gabor Hologram
Image Locations and Magnification
Holography of Three-Dimension Scenes
Transmission and Reflection Holograms
Rainbow Hologram
(PDF)
26 Defocus

Deconvolution/inverse Filters
(PDF)
  General Review