This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.

Translations*
Archived Versions

Readings

Amazon logo H = Hecht, Eugene. Optics. 4th ed. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, August 2, 2001. ISBN: 9780805385663.

Amazon logo G = Goodman, Joseph W. Introduction to Fourier Optics. 2nd ed. NY: McGraw-Hill, January 1, 1996. ISBN: 9780070242548.

LEC # TOPICS REQUIRED READINGS
1 Introduction; Photons, EM Spectrum

Reflection and Refraction
H 1, H 3.3.3, 3.6

H 4.3-5, 5.4.1
2 Total Internal Reflection, Waveguiding

Prisms, Paraboloidal Reflectors
H 4.7, 5.6

H 5.5, 4.5.4.2
3 Introduction to Lenses H 5.2, 6.2
4 Geometrical Optics - Lenses H 6.1
5 Apertures and Stops

The Human Eye

Reflective Optics, Scheimpflug Condition
H 5.3

H 5.7.1-2

H 5.4.3
6 Optical Systems H 5.7.3-7
7 Geometrical Optics Overview None
8 Quiz 1  
9 Aberrations, Optical Design

Electromagnetic Waves, Maxwell's Equations
H 6.3-5

H 2.1-6, 3.1-2
10 Properties of Electromagnetic Waves

Polarization, Two-beam Interference
H 2.7-9, 3.3

H 8.1-3, 9.1, 9.3-4
11 Fabry-Perot Interferometer H 9.6
12 Lasers; Coherence

Spatial Fourier Transforms
H 13.1.3, 9.2

H 11.2, G 2.1
13 The Spatial Frequency Domain G 2.3
14 Frensel and Fraunhofer Diffraction G 4.2-4
15 Wave Description of Lenses

Fourier-transforming Property of Lenses
G 5.1

G 5.2
16 Coherent Imaging Using Lenses G 5.3, 6.2
17 Review of Coherent Imaging and Spatial Filtering None
18 Incoherent Imaging

Resolution of Imaging Systems
G 6.1-3, 6.5
19 Aberration Effects on Resolution

Resolution Beyond the Diffraction Limit
G 6.4

G 6.6
20 Fourier Optics Overview None
21 Quiz 2  
22 Wavefront Modulation G 7.1-3
23 Introduction to Holography G 9.1-6
24 Volume Holography, Applications

2.710 Project Presentations
G 9.7, 9.12
25 Image Restoration G 8.8
26 Modern Optics: 3D Imaging, Nano-photonics None
  General Review