MITMechanical Engineering2.71

Optics

planned·~168 hours total

Professors

George Barbastathis
Colin Sheppard

Textbook

Introduction to Fourier Optics
Joseph W. Goodman · 4th · ISBN 9781319119164

Prerequisites

8.02x — Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism

Materials

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Engineering optics — geometrical through wave through Fourier through quantum. Pairs Goodman's Fourier Optics with applications to imaging, holography, lasers. The MIT mechanical engineering optics course.

Syllabus

Week 1
Geometrical optics — rays, lenses, mirrors
Week 2
Aberrations and aperture stops
Week 3
Wave nature of light; Huygens-Fresnel principle
Week 4
Interference — two-beam, multi-beam
Week 5
Diffraction — Fraunhofer regime
Week 6
Fourier optics — frequency-domain imaging
Week 7
Coherent imaging systems
Week 8
Incoherent imaging; OTF
Week 9
Polarisation; Jones calculus
Week 10
Lasers — Gaussian beams
Week 11
Holography
Week 12
Nonlinear and quantum optics intro