| DAY # | LEC # | TOPICS | DEMOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Basics - Review of properties of E&M waves, amplitude, intensity, phase, polarization. | |
| 2 | 2 | Reflection, refraction, Snell’s law, critical angle, Brewster’s angle, reflection and transmission coeffs. | Polarizers, magic sheet |
| 3 | 3 | Geometric optics, ray-matrix methods, microscopes, telescopes, lens waveguide. | Telescope |
| 4 | 4 | Temporal and spatial coherence, two-beam and multiple-beam interference, interferometers. | |
| 5 | 5 | Scalar diffraction theory, free-space propagation, spatial frequency, Fraunhofer approximation, diffraction-based light modulators. | MMLS System |
| 6 | 6 | Holography - Transmission and reflection holography, recording media, phase-conjugate waves. | White light and CGHs |
| 7 | 7 | Image separation conditions, effects of recording medium resolution. Computer-generated holograms, real-time holography. | |
| 8 | 8 | Materials - Interaction of light with matter (classical electron oscillator model), absorption, emission, gain, plasmas. | |
| 9 | 9 | Modulators and Displays - Birefringence, index ellipsoid, Pockels and Kerr effect, electro-optic tensor. | Calcite crystal |
| 10 | 10 | Longitudinal and transverse modulators, photorefractive effect, real-time holography. | BaTiO3 Crystal |
| 11 | 11 | Acousto-optic light modulation. Liquid crystal, plasma, electroluminescent, digital-mirror, and membrane-mirror displays. | E-O Modulator LC Modulator |
| 12 | 12 | Sources - Laser principles, spontaneous and stimulated emission, rate eqns, output power. | Scanning F-P |
| 13 | 13 | Optical amplifiers, resonators, specific lasers, LEDs. Organic LEDs and Lasers. | LED emission |
| 14 | Quiz 1 | ||
| 15 | 14 | Transmission Systems - Parallel-plate optical waveguide, modes (ray and wave-optics methods). | Fiber samples |
| 16 | 15 | Optical fibers, dispersion, bit rate, WDM, add-drop filters, switches, fiber-optic telecom systems. | |
| 17 | 16 | Photodetectors - Thermal and quantum detectors and their characteristics, responsivity, NEP, D*, noise, specific detectors (bolometer, PMT, photodiode, avalanche PD, etc). | Photodiode, PMT |
| 18 | 17 | Metrology - Distance, surface profile, velocity, and 3-D measurements, speckle- and interferometer-based systems. | |
| 19 | 18 | Microscopy and coherence tomography systems, LIDAR and LADAR, fiber-optic sensors. | |
| 20 | 19 | Optical Processors - Fourier optics, two-lens processor, Vander Lugt filter, matched filters, JTC, polychromatic processors. | |
| 21 | 20 | A-O processors, space and time-integrating correlators, radar applications. | CTLP |
| 22 | 21 | Adaptive Optical Systems – Wavefront measurement systems, sharpness function, Unconventional AO, wavefront correctors, stellar imaging and star-wars applications. | |
| 23 | Quiz 2 | ||
| 24 | 22 | Opto-electronic processors, incoherent image processing systems. | |
| 25 | 23 | Storage Technologies - Sequential, page-oriented, ROM, erasable and assoc. memory systems; capacity, access time, readout rate, noise, optical Disk, 3-D memories; photorefractive systems, two-photon systems, spectral hole-burning systems. | |
| 26 | In-class research project presentations |