ECE 181:
Physical and Fourier Optics
Spring 2013, Professor Joseph Ford
Instructor
and Teaching Assistants
Course
Outline and Information
Midterm is Tuesday. You should bring a calculator and you are allowed a single 2-sided page of notes.
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Instructor and Teaching Assistant:
Instructor:
Prof. Joseph Ford
Office: Jacobs Hall (EBU1), Room 3405
Email: jeford@ucsd.edu
Teaching Assistants:
Kevin Book
Email:
Lab Engineer:
Peter Ilinykh
Lab Phone: (858) 534-4819
Email: pilinykh@ucsd.edu
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Content:
Introduction: Ray optics
Simple thin-lens imaging
Multi-lens imaging
Wave optics
Diffraction and interference
Light propagation through isotropic media
Scalar diffraction theory
Fourier Optics
Advanced imaging systems
Laser optics
Textbooks:
Primary: Fundamentals of Photonics, B.E.A. Saleh and M. C. Teich - 2nd edition, Chapters 1-4.
Supplemental: Optics, Eugene Hecht, 4th Edition, 2002.
Course Grading:
Homeworks... 20%
Labs........... 20%
Midterm (6th week during the lecture time)... 25%
Final Exam (Monday June 11, 3:00pm - 6:00p.m)... 35%
Lectures:
T, Th 3:30pm-4:50pm, Center Hall/Room 217A
Labs (Jacobs Hall / EBU1, Room B706):
THE OPTICAL DESIGN OF GEMSTONES
Telescope Lens-Making in 17th Century.
Laboratory
Precautions and Regulations.
Experiment
#1: Imaging Properties of a Simple Lens
Experiment
#2: Introduction to ZEMAX - optical ray tracing software.
Experiment #3:Interferometers.
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Homework 1. (due Tuesday April 16th)