| | Standard Course Syllabus | Course Supervisor | Date of Approval |
| | Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Anderson | 3/05 |
| | 716 | Optics with Laser Light |
| | 2. | CATALOG DESCRIPTION |
| | Wave equation, ray optics, optical matrices, near and far-field diffraction theory, diffraction integral with lenses, Fourier |
| | optics, optical computing, holography, polarization, birefringence, applications. |
| | Quarters of Offering | Credits | | Level | Class Meeting |
| | Au Qtr (even years). | 3 | U G | 3 cl. |
| | Course Prerequisites |
| | Prereq: 352 and 312, or grad standing in engineering, chemistry or physics. |
| | 3. | PREREQUISITES BY TOPIC |
| | Dynamic electromagnetics, partial differential equations, Fourier transforms, matrix algebra. |
| | Courses that require this as a direct prerequisite |
| | 917 |
| | 4. | Text(s) and Other Course Materials | Author(s) | Publisher |
| | Notes from UniPrint |
| | References (supplemental reading) |
| | [1] W. Thomas Cathey, "Optical Information Processing and Holography," Wiley, 1974. |
| | 5. | COURSE OBJECTIVES |
| | 1. Students learn analytical techniques applied to optics, starting from the basic electromagnetic beginning. (Criterion 3(a)) |
| | 2. Students learn to recognize and interpret basic mathematical expressions of wave optics, and understand and predict |
| | simple hologram behavior. (Criterion 3(a)) |
| | 3. Students learn to calculate simple diffraction patterns in the absence and presence of lenses, and will learn applications of |
| | diffraction including optical spatial filtering. (Criterion 3(a)) |
| | 4. Students learn to use ray matrix optics and conceptually relate ray optics to wave optics. (Criterion 3(a)) |
| | 5. Students learn the basic concepts of polarization and how they are used. (Criterion 3(a)) |
| | 6. | TOPICS AND (# OF LECTURES) |
| | Review of optics (2) |
| | Plane and spherical waves (7) |
| | Holography (5) |
| | Diffraction theory and applications (7) |
| | Diffraction in presence of lenses (1) |
| | Optical spatial signal processing and applications (3) |
| | Matrix ray optics (3) |
| | Midterms (2) |
| | 7. | CLASS MEETING PATTERN | (For example, "3cl." means 3 48-min classes per week.) |
| | 3 cl. |
| | Wednesday, April 23, 2008 05:23 PM |
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