| 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 |