This course provides an introduction to optical science with elementary engineering applications.
FREE
This course includes
Hours of videos
333 years, 3 months
Units & Quizzes
12
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Certificate of Completion
Topics covered in geometrical optics include: ray-tracing, aberrations, lens design, apertures and stops, radiometry and photometry. Topics covered in wave optics include: basic electrodynamics, polarization, interference, wave-guiding, Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction, image formation, resolution, space-bandwidth product. Analytical and numerical tools used in optical design are emphasized. Graduate students are required to complete assignments with stronger analytical content, and an advanced design project
Course Currilcum
- Geometrical Optics Unlimited
- Matrix Methods in Paraxial Optics Unlimited
- Review of Geometrical Optics Unlimited
- EM Wave Equations Unlimited
- Eikonal Equations, Gradient Index Lenses, Hamiltonian Optics Unlimited
- Superposition of Waves, Interference, Optical Interferometry Unlimited
- Math Tutorial on Spatial Fourier Transforms Unlimited
- Fraunhofer Diffraction Unlimited
- Fresnel Diffraction and Examples Unlimited
- Fresnel Diffraction, Depth of Field and Depth of Focus, Holography Unlimited
- Vector Properties of Electromagnetic Fields: Polarization, Waveplates; Birefringence Unlimited
- Review of Scalar and Vector Wave Optics, Outlook Unlimited
