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Light rays are traced from the object, through two lens-air interfaces, to create the inverted image on the far side of the lens. The first and second focal points and chief ray are all labeled at their intersection with the ground plane.

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Optics

Prof. George Barbastathis, Prof. Colin Sheppard and Dr. Se Baek Oh · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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About

This course provides an introduction to optical science with elementary engineering applications. 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.

Lectures

Video Lectures

  1. Lecture 1: Course organization; introduction to optics 1 h 37 min · Video
  2. Lecture 2: Reflection and refraction; prisms, waveguides, and dispersion 49 min · Video
  3. Lecture 3: Focusing, imaging, and the paraxial approximation 1 h 34 min · Video
  4. Lecture 4: Sign conventions; thin lenses; real and virtual images 53 min · Video
  5. Lecture 5: Thick lenses; the composite lens; the eye 1 h 46 min · Video
  6. Lecture 6: Terms: apertures, stops, pupils, and windows; single-lens camera 54 min · Video
  7. Lecture 7: Basics of mirrors, magnifiers, and microscopes 1 h 41 min · Video
  8. Lecture 8: Telescopes; aberrations: chromatic, spherical, and coma 49 min · Video
  9. Lecture 9: More aberrations; optical design; GRadient INdex (GRIN) 1 h 41 min · Video
  10. Lecture 11: The Hamiltonian formulation; introduction to waves 1 h 42 min · Video
  11. Lecture 12: The wave equation; phasor representation; 3D waves 1 h 2 min · Video
  12. Lecture 13: 3D wave phenomena; introduction to electromagnetics 1 h 45 min · Video
  13. Lecture 14: Maxwell's equations; polarization; Poynting's vector 1 h · Video
  14. Lecture 15: Huygens principle; interferometers; Fresnel diffraction 1 h 37 min · Video
  15. Lecture 16: Gratings: amplitude and phase, sinusoidal and binary 1 h 15 min · Video
  16. Lecture 17: Fraunhofer diffraction; Fourier transforms and theorems 1 h 40 min · Video
  17. Lecture 18: Spatial filtering; lens transfer functions & transforms 59 min · Video
  18. Lecture 19: The 4F system; binary amplitude & pupil masks 1 h 46 min · Video
  19. Lecture 20: Shift invariance; pupil engineering; the Talbot effect 1 h 58 min · Video
  20. Lecture 22: Coherent and incoherent imaging 1 h 35 min · Video
  21. Lecture 23: Imaging with a single lens 56 min · Video
  22. Lecture 25: Resolution; defocused optical systems 53 min · Video
  23. Lecture 26: Depth of focus and field; polarization; wave plates 1 h 29 min · Video

Projects

  1. Design of a Cooke Triplet 23 min · Video
  2. Holographic Particle Image Velocimetry 16 min · Video
  3. Holographic Tomography 15 min · Video
  4. Wigner Distribution Function and Integral Imaging 22 min · Video
  5. Light Propagation in Sub-wavelength Modulated Media 17 min · Video
  6. Accuracy Requirements in the Mechanical Assessment of Photonic Crystals 19 min · Video

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Taught by
Prof. George Barbastathis, Prof. Colin Sheppard, Dr. Se Baek Oh
Term
Spring 2009
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Physics, Biology, Engineering
Source
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Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as MIT OpenCourseWare states it. Non-commercial use only. MIT OpenCourseWare's terms
Attribution
Prof. George Barbastathis, Prof. Colin Sheppard, Dr. Se Baek Oh. Optics. Spring 2009. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu/. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
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