Date

Topic

Homework

Lab

Wednesday

21 January

Introduction to Imaging

 

 

Part I: Properties of the Optical Field

Friday

23 January

The Wave Equation and the Optical Field

(Scott Sections 1.1-1.3)

 

 

Monday

26 January

Plane Waves and Fourier Analysis

(Scott Section 2.1,2.3,2.4, 2.7)

 

Laboratory Instrumentation

Wednesday

28 January

Intensity and Detectors

(Scott Section 1.4)

 

 

Friday

30 January

Detectors

 

 

Monday

2 February

Linearity and Focal Planes

 

Detectors and Focal Plane Arrays

Wednesday

4 February

Polarization

 

 

Friday

6 February

Coherence and Spectra

 

 

 

Part II: Fundamentals of Image Formation

Monday

9 February

Geometrical Optics

(Scott Chapter 3)

 

 Polarization

Wednesday

11 February

Ray Optical Imaging Analysis

(Scott 4.1-4.3)

 

 

Friday

13 February

More Ray Optical Imaging Analysis

(Scott 4.4-4.6)

 

 

Monday

16 February

More Ray Optical Imaging Analysis

(Scott 4.7-4.9)

 

 Coherence and Spectra

Wednesday

18 February

Diffraction Integral Imaging Analysis

(Scott 5.1-5.2)

 

 

Friday

20 February

More Diffraction Integral Imaging Analysis

(Scott 5.3-5.4)

 

 

Monday

23 February

More Diffraction Integral Imaging Analysis

(Scott 5.5,5.6, 5.10,5.11)

 

Geometrical Optics and the Pinhole Camera

Wednesday

25 February

The Pinhole Camera

 

 

Friday

27 February

Coherence and Propagation

 

 

Monday

2 March

Plane Wave Analysis

(Scott 6.1-6.2)

 

Fourier Optics

Wednesday

4 March

Transfer Functions

(Scott 6.3-6.5)

 

 

Friday

6 March

Sampling Theory

(Scott 6.7)

 Homework 2

 

Monday

9 March

The Human Eye

 

 More Fourier Optics

Part III: Imaging Systems

Wednesday

11 March

Classic Optical Imaging Instruments

(Scott 7.1-7.5)

 

 

Friday

13 March

Digital Fourier Transforms

 

 

Monday

16 March

More DFTs

 

 No Lab

Wednesday

18 March

The Zoom Lens and Optical Components

(Scott 7.9 and Chapter 8)

 

 

 

Friday

20 March

Discussion

 

 

 

Monday

23 March

Spring Break

 

 

Wednesday

25 March

Spring Break

 

 

Friday

27 March

Spring Break

 

 

 

Monday

30 March

Chromatic and Spherical Aberration

(Scott 9.1-9.2)

 

Chromatic and Spherical Aberrations

Wednesday

1 April

Aberration Theory

(Scott 9.3-9.4)

 

 

 

Friday

3 April

Off-Axis Aberrations

 

 

Monday

6 April

Matlab Analysis of Aberrations

 

Off-axis Aberrations

Wednesday

8 April

Review

 

 

Friday

10 April

Midterm

 

 

Monday

13 April

Diffraction Gratings

(Scott 10.1-10.3)

 

Volume Holography

Wednesday

15 April

Diffraction Gratings

(Scott 10.4-10.6) 

 

 

Part IV: System Examples

Friday

17 April

Optical Moire Techniques

(Scott Chapter 11)

 

 

Monday

20 April

Holography

(Scott 13.1-13.2)

 

Holography

Wednesday

22 April

Holography

(Scott 13.4-13.8)

 

 

Friday

24 April

Holography

(Scott 13.9-13.12)

 

 

Monday

27 April

Interferometry

(Scott 12.1-12.4)

 

Digital Holography

Wednesday

29 April

Interferometry

(Scott 12.6-12.8)

 

 

Friday

1 May

Interferometry

(Scott 12.5, 12.9)

 Homework 5

 

Monday

4 May

Digital Imaging

 

 

Wednesday

6 May

Review